hectograph
Americannoun
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a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc., from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original writing has been transferred.
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a machine for making such copies.
verb (used with object)
noun
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Also called: copygraph. a process for copying type or manuscript from a glycerine-coated gelatine master to which the original has been transferred
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a machine using this process
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Origin of hectograph
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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 Edmund Blunden
The teacher of Confucius was folding and unfolding the hectograph sheet.
From Botchan (Master Darling) by Yasotaro Morri
Every library should have one, though it is only a home-made affair, manufactured on a typewriter or a hectograph.
From Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers by Amos R. Wells
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.
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