hectograph

American  

[hek-tuh-graf, -grahf] / ˈhɛk təˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

Or hektograph

noun

1. a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc., from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original writing has been transferred.

2. a machine for making such copies.

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verb (used with object)

1. to copy with the hectograph.

hectograph British  

/ -ˌɡræf, ˌhɛktəʊˈɡræfɪk, ˈhɛktəʊˌɡrɑːf, hɛkˈtɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

1. Also called: copygraph.  a process for copying type or manuscript from a glycerine-coated gelatine master to which the original has been transferred

2. a machine using this process

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Other Word Forms

• hectographic adjective
• hectographically adverb
• hectography noun

Etymology

Origin of hectograph

First recorded in 1875–80; hecto- + -graph

Example Sentences

The original copy is written with a copying pencil or typewritten through a hectograph ribbon.

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

Lay a sheet of unglazed paper on the hectograph, rub it carefully, and take off at once.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools by Ontario. Ministry of Education

The circulation was to be six: there being no aids aboard such as the clay or hectograph, each copy had to be written by hand throughout.

From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund

A few classes began poring over their text-books, but most of the pupils had their work passed out to them in the form of hectograph copies of exercises prepared in the school itself.

From The Brown Mouse by Quick, Herbert

The principal said that the absentee may appear shortly, and untied a package he had before him, taking out some hectograph sheets and began reading them.

From Botchan (Master Darling) by Morri, Yasotaro