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patrix|ˈpeɪtrɪks|
Also patrice. Pl. patrices.
[mod. f. L. pater, patr- father, as a correlative term to matrix: in Ger. patrize (Brockhaus Convers. Lex. 1846).]
A die, punch, or pattern used to form matrices in type-founding, etc.
1883Times 24 Mar. 12 First making a model in wax or clay, and then cutting a similar model in relief in steel, which is hardened and tempered, and is known as the hub or patrice... If an article has to be reproduced, it furnishes itself the model from which a patrice is made in cast iron. 1885Manch. Exam. 22 June 5/7 The edges are filed off, and the patrix removed from the matrix. |