Hectograph

Word HECTOGRAPH
Character 10
Hyphenation hec to graph
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Hectograph"

What do we mean by hectograph?

A machine employing a glycerin-coated layer of gelatin in order to make copies of typed or written material. noun

To copy by means of a hectograph. transitive verb

To copy by means of a hectograph.

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. noun

A contrivance for multiple copying, by means of a surface of gelatin softened with glycerin. noun

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. noun

Duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy noun

Copy on a duplicator verb

An old printing machine 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.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Hectograph

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The word "hectograph" in example sentences

My brother quickly decided the hectograph was a pain in the butt. ❋ Scribner (2000)

The hectograph is a device for making copies of written work. ❋ Ontario. Ministry Of Education (N/A)

During the Rag’s first year, the print was purple—those issues were produced on a flat plate of jelly called a hectograph. ❋ Scribner (2000)

Some seventy issues were published, the first of which were duplicated by hectograph in 1919 – 1921. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We were able to put together in two nights what had previously taken a week with the hectograph, and while the drum-press was messy, it did not look infected with a potentially fatal disease. ❋ Scribner (2000)

In 1903, at the age of sixteen, in an obscure Lithuanian shtetl, Sidney Hillman, the son of poor, Yiddish-speaking parents, joined the Bund, the Jewish socialist movement of Russia and Poland, taking as a first assignment the smuggling of his local group's hectograph from one hiding place to another. ❋ Howe, Irving (1991)

Reproducing the charts that follow on a hectograph or similar device may be useful. ❋ Unknown (1980)

You can have students make this, or you can produce it with a hectograph or cyclostyle or other copying device. ❋ Unknown (1980)

Duplicate copies can be made on a hectograph, one set for each lesson; then if one envelope from each set is preserved, those miscellaneous lessons can be used in review for a long time, each child using a different set each time. ❋ Lida M. Williams (N/A)

Ap.Ztg. to pour crude hydrochloric acid upon the hectograph, rub with a wad of cotton, then wash off by holding under cold running water and drying with a cloth. ❋ Various (N/A)

Lay a sheet of unglazed paper on the hectograph, rub it carefully, and take off at once. ❋ Ontario. Ministry Of Education (N/A)

Lay the written side of the sheet on the hectograph and rub it carefully over its whole surface with a soft cloth, so that every particle of the writing comes in contact with the surface of the hectograph. ❋ Ontario. Ministry Of Education (N/A)

When sufficient copies have been made, wash the hectograph with ❋ Ontario. Ministry Of Education (N/A)

It was a hectograph copy, announcing that a meeting of the more important members of the Third Form would be held in the Forum at half-past six prompt to consider a matter of pressing importance. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Write the material to be copied, in hectograph ink, on a sheet of the same size as that on which the copy is to be made. ❋ Ontario. Ministry Of Education (N/A)

Lay a plain sheet on the hectograph and rub as before. ❋ Ontario. Ministry Of Education (N/A)

His father was the editor of a provincial paper, and Jessel ran a journal of his own at the school, by the aid of a hectograph and Jowitt, of the same Form, who was sub-editor, reporter, and "printer's devil" rolled into one. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

With the aid of a knife and some hectograph ink this alteration was soon made. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

At first we made the hectograph and printed the proclamations in our rooms at night. ❋ Trotsky, Leon (1930)

Two of the workers, a young boy and girl, would watch reverently as I pulled the freshly printed sheets off the hectograph, and then would exchange glances. ❋ Trotsky, Leon (1930)

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