tusche

American

[toosh, toosh-uh] / tʊʃ, ˈtʊʃ ə /

noun

a greaselike liquid used in lithography as a medium receptive to lithographic ink, and in etching and silkscreen as a resist.

tusche British

/ tʊʃ /

noun

a substance used in lithography for drawing the design and as a resist in silk-screen printing and lithography

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Etymology

Origin of tusche

1905–10; < German Tusche, noun derivative of tuschen to lay on color or ink < French toucher to touch

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