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▪ I. reˈtransfer, n.|riː-| [re- 5 a.] 1. The (or an) act of retransferring.
1849Noad Electricity (ed. 3) 221 If..this deficiency of acid were owing to the mechanical re-transfer, mechanical means..would stop it. 1884Law Times LXXVI. 323/2 His bond and warrant of attorney to secure a retransfer on demand. 1887Athenæum 9 July 49/2 The retransfer of the imperial crown from the East to the West. 2. Printing. An impression taken from a lithographic image using special ink and paper for the purpose of transferring it to another lithographic surface.
1946A. Kirk in H. Whetton Pract. Printing & Binding xviii. 207 Imperfect retransfers should be scrapped immediately. Good retransfers can be placed face down on a clean sheet. 1965Zigrosser & Gaehde Guide Coll. Orig. Prints iii. 30 If the facts..are known, the authenticity might be questionable, since the artist did not actually work on each retransfer of the original master image. 1967E. Chambers Photolitho-Offset xvii. 259 Before retransferring from litho plates or stones, a thin layer of retransfer ink should be applied with a nap roller to the image. ▪ II. retransˈfer, v.|riː-| [re- 5 a.] trans. To transfer (something) again or back.
1842Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. V. 355/1 Several of these works when re-transferred to canvass were sold in England in 1838. 1850Grote Greece ii. lxiv. VIII. 236 It was into his hands that the command was re-transferred. 1885Law Times Rep. LII. 570/1 The offer..to re-transfer the mortgage to the defendants. |