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The art or process of making a kind of hard, stereotypeplate, by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type or other matter, a composition of gum shell-lac and sand of a fine quality, together with a little tar and …

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  1. n. The art or process of making a kind of hard, stereotypeplate, by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type or other matter, a composition of gum shell-lac and sand of a fine quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state.
  2. The art or process of making a kind of hard, stereotypeplate, by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type or other matter, a composition of gum shell-lac and sand of a fine quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state.
  3. The art or process of making a kind of hard, stereotypeplate,by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type or other matter, acomposition of gum shell-lac and sand of a fine quality, togetherwith a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state.