Lithotype

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lithotype \Lith"o*type\, n.
     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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  


     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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lithotype \Lith"o*type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lithotyped}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Lithotyping}.]
     To prepare for printing with plates made by the process of
     lithotypy. See {Lithotypy}.
     [1913 Webster]