[f. prec. sb.] trans. To copy in electrotype. Also fig.
1847. Lady G. Fullerton, Grantley Manor, I. viii. 273. We fancy ourselves like them, till something proves to us that we are only electrotyped.
1858. O. W. Holmes, Aut. Breakf.-t., xi. 308. Electrotyped … in the medallions that hang round the walls of your memory’s chamber.
Hence Electrotyper [see -ER.]. Electrotypist [see -IST]. Electrotyping vbl. sb.
1870. Pall Mall Gaz., 2 Sept., 4/1. Engravers and electrotypers. Ibid. (1884), 7 May, 8/2. The firm are type-founders, stereotypers, and electrotypers.
1845. H. Dirks, in Athenæum, 11 Jan., 42. Copying for the electrotypist.
c. 1865. in Circ. Sc., I. 234/1. Advantages of electrotyping over stereotyping.
