ferrotype

American  

[fer-uh-tahyp] / ˈfɛr əˌtaɪp /

verb (used with object)

ferrotyped, ferrotyping

1. to put a glossy surface on (a print) by pressing, while wet, on a metal sheet ferrotypetin.

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noun

1. Also called tintype.  a positive photograph made on a sensitized sheet of enameled iron or tin.

2. the process of making such photographs.

ferrotype British  

/ ˈfɛrəʊˌtaɪp /

noun

1. a photographic print produced directly in a camera by exposing a sheet of iron or tin coated with a sensitized enamel

2. the process by which such a print is produced

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Etymology

Origin of ferrotype

First recorded in 1835–45; ferro- + -type

Example Sentences

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ferrotype

The diaphragm C, which is the essential part of the instrument, should be made as carefully as possible from ferrotype tin, commonly called tintype tin.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

It is commonly known under the names of “blue print process,” “negative ferrotype process” and “ferro-prussiate process.”

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Duchochois, Peter C.

At the top of the package was a small, cheap ferrotype picture, such as young people are wont to have made at the traveling photographer's.

From The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods by Paine, Albert Bigelow

Tin′-plate, thin sheet-iron coated with tin; Tin′-smith, a manufacturer of tin vessels: a worker in tin: a dealer in tin-ware; Tin′-type, a ferrotype; Tin′-ware, articles made of tin.—ns.pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Aristo prints can be mounted direct from the ferrotype plate or the ground-glass to which they have been squeegeed to dry.

From Harper's Round Table, October 8, 1895 by Various