lithotypy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The art or process of making a kind of hard stereotype plate, by pressing into a mould, taken from a page of type or other matter, a mixture of shellac and fine sand, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state.

Word forms

lithotypy

Etymology

From lithotype + -y.

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