monotint
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of monotint
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Monotint, mon′ō-tint, n. drawing or painting in a single tint.
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The circle of our telescope shows the clean-cut horizon ruling a thread on the monotint of sea and sky.
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The sea-fog had vanished, and the south of Scotland lay spread beneath us from sea to sea, like a map in monotint.
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Some of the Japanese papers have pretty and very unobtrusive marblings worked upon them, and occasionally, too, a brocade paper looks well; but for a classic, the plainer the better, and very often a monotint end paper, or even a plain white, looks exceedingly well.
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Capitals of the monotint or of a light-faced antique are sometimes selected for books frequently reprinted where the wear on the exposed running titles is very severe.
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