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

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

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.

By mounting aristo prints in this way one avoids getting paste on the face of the picture, and it will retain much of the gloss imparted to it by the ferrotype plate.

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

Glossy prints are not much more difficult to make than dull-surfaced prints, the only necessary additional effort being the use of a squeegee plate, or ferrotype plate.

From Making Your Camera Pay by Davis, Frederick C.

Tone them, and squeegee them to the ferrotype plate.

From Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 by Various