Copperplate
copperplate (kopperplat),n. (a) A plate of polished
copper on which a design or writing is engraved.
(b) An impression on paper taken from such a
plate.
f In printing from a copper- or steel plate the lines are
filled with ink, the surface of the plate is wiped clean, the
paper laid upon it, and the impression taken by pressing it under
the roller of a plate press.
Copperplate press. See Plate
press, under Plate.
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