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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Lithotype

· Lith·o·type · IPA
01 n. An etched stone surface for printing, having the design in relief; also, the process of printing from such a surface, or that which is prin…
  1. 1.
    An etched stone surface for printing, having the design in relief; also, the process of printing from such a surface, or that which is printed from it.
  2. 2.
    A machine, with a keyboard like that of a typewriter, for making a lithographic transfer sheet. It produces a perforated strip of paper which controls the printing.
02 v. t. To prepare for printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy. See Lithotypy.
imp. & p. p. Lithotyped; p. pr. & vb. n. Lithotyping
  1. 1.
    To prepare for printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy. See Lithotypy. See: Lithotypy