hektograph

[ hek-tuh-graf, -grahf ]

/ ˈhɛk təˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

hectograph.

Words nearby hektograph

hekhsher, hekla, hektare, hekto-, hektogram, hektograph, hektoliter, hektometer, hektostere, hel, hela cell

hectograph

[ hek-tuh-graf, -grahf ]

/ ˈhɛk təˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc., from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original writing has been transferred.

a machine for making such copies.

to copy with the hectograph.

First recorded in 1875–80; hecto- + -graph

hec·to·graph·ic

[hek-tuh-graf-ik] /ˌhɛk təˈgræf ɪk/, adjective hec·tog·ra·phy

[hek-tog-ruh-fee] /hɛkˈtɒg rə fi/, noun

It was written with hektograph ink and copied on a hektograph.

The Great Strike on the 'Q' |John A. Hall
It is likewise the house where the syrup tastes like tincture of rhubarb, and the pancakes taste like a hektograph.

Remarks |Bill Nye
At 12 I awake and eat the inside of my hektograph, and then lie down once more to sleep.

Remarks |Bill Nye
I declare a Hektograph would be as useful for the children as this thing!

Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100., Jan. 10, 1891 |Various

The hektograph will be henceforth, as the American shall say, no good, but what is that when a man is starving in a foreign land?

Remarks |Bill Nye

hectograph

/ (ˈhɛktəʊˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) /

Also called: copygraph a process for copying type or manuscript from a glycerine-coated gelatine master to which the original has been transferred

a machine using this process

hectographic (ˌhɛktəʊˈɡræfɪk), adjective hectographically, adverb hectography (hɛkˈtɒɡrəfɪ), noun