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ferrotype

[ fer-uh-tahyp ]

verb (used with object)

, fer·ro·typed, fer·ro·typ·ing.
  1. to put a glossy surface on (a print) by pressing, while wet, on a metal sheet ferrotypetin.


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

/ 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ferrotype1

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

In Nos. 797 and 805 will be found directions for preparing a ferrotype plate so that prints will not stick.

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

The ferrotype plate therefore vibrates with tremendous rapidity between the core and the platinum screw.

Now the ferrotype plate must be exactly free of the end of the core and that is all.

More often a photograph is taken on a ferrotype plate and the outlines scratched into the plate.

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