hectograph
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Etymology
[edit]From hecto- (“hundred”) + -graph, so called because it would make about 100 copies.
Noun
[edit]hectograph (plural hectographs)
- (historical) 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.
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Verb
[edit]hectograph (third-person singular simple present hectographs, present participle hectographing, simple past and past participle hectographed)
- To duplicate (a document) by this process.
- 1971, John Updike, Rabbit Redux, Alfred A. Knopf, page 39:
- The menus are in hectographed handwriting.
Further reading
[edit]hectograph on Wikipedia.Wikipedia