- 1. n. The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy. Source: opted
- 2. The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy. Source: webster
- 3. The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, theprocess, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of anengraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a softsteel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over asoft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. Theprocess has been superseded by electrotypy. Source: adambom
- 4. n. The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy. Source: ecdict
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