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  

/ ˈhɛktəʊˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf /

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

• hectography
  noun
• hectographic
  adjective
• hectographically
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of hectograph

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

hectograph

Write the material to be copied, in hectograph ink, on a sheet of the same size as that on which the copy is to be made.

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

When through using the hectograph wash it off with a moist sponge, and it will be ready for future use.

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

Ztg. to pour crude hydrochloric acid upon the hectograph, rub with a wad of cotton, then wash off by holding under cold running water and drying with a cloth.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 by Various

It was a hectograph copy, announcing that a meeting of the more important members of the Third Form would be held in the Forum at half-past six prompt to consider a matter of pressing importance.

From The Hero of Garside School by James Harwood Panting

This was carefully printed by hand and then duplicated on the hectograph and issued in lots of twenty-five copies.

From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft

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