Lithograph
['lɪθəgrɑːf;'laɪ-] or ['lɪθəɡræf]
Definition
(noun.) duplicator that prints by lithography; a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern.
(noun.) a print produced by lithography.
(verb.) make by lithography.
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Definition
(v. t.) To trace on stone by the process of lithography so as to transfer the design to paper by printing; as, to lithograph a design; to lithograph a painting. See Lithography.
(n.) A print made by lithography.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Lithographic engraving.
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Definition
v.t. to write or engrave on stone and transfer to paper by printing.—n. a print from stone.—n. Lithog′rapher.—adjs. Lithograph′ic -al belonging to lithography.—adv. Lithograph′ically.—n. Lithog′raphy the art of writing or engraving on stone and printing therefrom.—Lithographic stone slate a yellowish compact fine-grained slaty limestone used in lithography.
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Examples
- Joseph Dixon, in 1854, was the first to use organic matter and bichromate of potash upon stone to produce a photo-lithograph. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The reproduction of an old lithograph depicting this scene indicates the interest of the neighbors in this event. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Among the interesting papers filed at the Orange Laboratory is a lithograph, the size of an ordinary patent drawing, headed First Telephone on Record. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Fifty proofs of steel engravings and lithographs were scattered around, too. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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