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Webster 1913 Edition


Lithography

Li-thog′ra-phy

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
lithographie
.]
1.
The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between grease and water, which prevents a printing ink containing oil from adhering to wetted parts of the stone not covered by the design. See
Lithographic limestone
, under
Lithographic
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lithography

LITHOG'RAPHY

,
Noun.
[Gr. stone, and to engrave or write.]
The art of engraving, or of tracing letters, figures or other designs on stone, and of transferring them to paper by impression; an art recently invented by Mr. Sennefelder of Munich, in Bavaria.

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lithography

lithography

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lithography (countable and uncountable, plural lithographies)

  1. The process of printing a lithograph on a hard, flat surface; originally the printing surface was a flat piece of stone that was etched with acid to form a surface that would selectively transfer ink to the paper; the stone has now been replaced, in general, with a metal plate.

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