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woodbury-type
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woodbury-type, n. [After the name of the inventor, W. Woodbury.].
- A process in photographic printing, in which a relief pattern in gelatin, which has been hardened after certain operations, is pressed upon a plate of lead or other soft metal. An intaglio impression in thus produced, from which pictures may be directly printed, but by a slower process than in common printing. [1913 Webster]
- A print from such a plate. [1913 Webster]
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