lithotype

English

Etymology

From litho- +‎ -type.

Noun

lithotype (plural lithotypes)

1. An etched stonen surface for printing, having the design in relief.
2. A print made from such a surface.
3. 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.

Verb

lithotype (third-person singular simple present lithotypes, present participle lithotyping, simple past and past participle lithotyped)

1. (transitive) To prepare for printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy.

Anagrams

• phytolite