Lithotypy

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

  Lithotypy \Li*thot"y*py\, n. [Litho- + -typy.]
     The art or process of making a kind of hard, stereotype
     plate, by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type or
     other matter, a composition of gum shellac and sand of a fine
     quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a
     heated state.


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