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  

/ -ˌɡræf, ˌhɛktəʊˈɡræfɪk, ˈhɛktəʊˌɡrɑːf, hɛkˈtɒɡrəfɪ /

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

Etymology

Origin of hectograph

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

hectograph

Lay a plain sheet on the hectograph and rub as before.

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

The teacher of Confucius was folding and unfolding the hectograph sheet.

From Botchan (Master Darling) by Yasotaro Morri

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

With the aid of a knife and some hectograph ink this alteration was soon made.

From The Hero of Garside School by James Harwood Panting

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