hectograph

or hek·to·graph

[ hek-tuh-graf, -grahf ]

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.

verb (used with object)
  1. to copy with the hectograph.

Origin of hectograph

1
First recorded in 1875–80; hecto- + -graph

Other words from hectograph

  • hec·to·graph·ic [hek-tuh-graf-ik], /ˌhɛk təˈgræf ɪk/, adjective
  • hec·tog·ra·phy [hek-tog-ruh-fee], /hɛkˈtɒg rə fi/, noun

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How to use hectograph in a sentence

  • When black hektograph ink is desired, instead of the methyl-violet use double the amount of negrosine.

  • It was written with hektograph ink and copied on a hektograph.

  • It is likewise the house where the syrup tastes like tincture of rhubarb, and the pancakes taste like a hektograph.

    Remarks | Bill Nye
  • The hektograph will be henceforth, as the American shall say, no good, but what is that when a man is starving in a foreign land?

    Remarks | Bill Nye
  • Forthwith he began publishing a story paper on a hektograph.

    The Fiction Factory | John Milton Edwards

British Dictionary definitions for hectograph

hectograph

/ (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

Derived forms of hectograph

  • hectographic (ˌhɛktəʊˈɡræfɪk), adjective
  • hectographically, adverb
  • hectography (hɛkˈtɒɡrəfɪ), noun

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