steel-faced

[ steel-feyst ]

adjective

1. having the front or outer surfaces covered with or characterized by steel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of steel-faced¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

As a rule, the plates are not steel-faced until after the proofs before lettering have been printed.

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Soft-ground etchings, the biting of which is quite shallow, must be steel-faced after two to three hundred impressions.

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The zinc plate on which Mr. Lansil's little etching, given in this volume, is executed, was steel-faced.

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Finally, if a large edition is required, the plate is steel faced.

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Zinc plates can be steel-faced, but the facing cannot be renewed, as it cannot be removed.

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