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Ferrotype

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An early photographic process in which the image was made on an iron plate having a sensitized surface film. uncountable
  2. 2
    A photograph produced by this means. countable
Verb
  1. 1
    To produce a ferrotype from. transitive

    ""He ferrotyped the pictures, and the next morning, bright and early, he mounted each one in an art-folder (bought during a period of prosperity), and then fared forth to sell them to the eager parents of his little subjects.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

From ferro- + -type.

Etymology 2

From ferro- + -type.

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