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

Sir Knight A. Smith, Trenton, New Jersey, asks for a good developing solution, how to polish ferrotype plates, and how to keep films from curling when drying.

From Harper's Round Table, August 27, 1895 by Various

Directions for polishing ferrotype plates will be found in Nos.

From Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 by Various

The prints treated in this way lose little of the gloss made by the ferrotype plate.

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

If the prints are trimmed before toning, they can be pasted before removing from the ferrotype, and thus most of the gloss made by the plate will be retained.

From Harper's Round Table, August 27, 1895 by Various

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