Hectograph

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A machine employing a glycerin-coated layer of gelatin in order to make copies of typed or written material.
  • v. To copy by means of a hectograph.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An old printing process that involves transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A contrivance for multiple copying, by means of a surface of gelatin softened with glycerin.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A copying process in which the writing or drawing to be copied is made on smooth paper in aniline ink, and is then pressed upon a slab coated with gelatin, to which a part of the ink is thus transferred, and from which a number of duplicate impressions can be made; also, the special appliances, collectively, by means of which this is done. Also spelled hektograph.
  • To copy by means of a hectograph.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy
  • v. copy on a duplicator
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    copier    photogelatin process    collotype printing    duplicator    collotype   
     
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