Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A process of making blocks for use in surface-printing.
- noun A type-writer for embossing letters upon thin sheets of metal to form type for use in an addressing-machine.
- noun A form of type-casting and -setting machine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Engraving) A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or oxide of zinc is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A process for producing a
design upon asurface inrelief so that it can beprinted from. Preparedchalk orzinc oxide is pressed upon a smoothplate by ahydraulic press , and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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