tusche

[ toosh; German toosh-uh ]

noun

1. a greaselike liquid used in lithography as a medium receptive to lithographic ink, and in etching and silkscreen as a resist.

tusche

/ tʊʃ /

noun

1. a substance used in lithography for drawing the design and as a resist in silk-screen printing and lithography

Word History and Origins

Origin of tusche¹

1905–10; < German Tusche, noun derivative of tuschen to lay on color or ink < French toucher to touch

Word History and Origins

Origin of tusche¹

from German, from tuschen to touch up with colour or ink, from French toucher to touch