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▪ I. lithotype, n.|ˈlɪθətaɪp|
[f. litho- + type n.]
1. A stereotype made with gum-shellac, sand, tar, and linseed-oil, and pressed while hot on a plaster mould taken from type.
1875in Knight Dict. Mech.
2. An etched stone surface for printing.
1875in Knight Dict. Mech.
3. A lithographed finger-print.
1890Conan Doyle Sign of Four i. 10 Lithotypes of the hands of slaters, sailors, cork-cutters [etc.].
Add:4. Petrogr. A macroscopically visible constituent of coal distinguished by its physical characterisitics; a macroscopically distinguishable variety of coal. Cf. maceral n.
1957van Krevelen & Schuyer Coal Sci. iii. 52 The Heerlen nomenclature distinguishes between the rock types (lithotypes) and their more or less homogeneous microscopic constituents, which are called macerals. 1961D. W. van Krevelen Coal iv. 58 Charcoal inclusions..can be noted between the coal bands. These macroscopic ingredients are the rock types (lithotypes) occurring in coal. 1984C. R. Ward Coal Geol. & Coal Technol. iii. 74/2 The material [sc. durain] is relatively hard compared to other lithotypes, and tends to break into large, blocky fragments. 1987P. J. McCabe in A. C. Scott Coal & Coal-Bearing Strata 53 Lithotypes of coal are normally defined on both the maceral composition and the overall texture of the coal.
▪ II. ˈlithotype, v.
[Back-formation from lithotypy.]
trans. To prepare for printing by lithotypy (Ogilvie 1882). |