[f. LITHO- + TYPE. sb.]
1. A stereotype made with gum-shellac, sand, tar, and linseed oil, and pressed while hot on a plaster mold taken from type.
1875. in Knight, Dict. Mech.
2. An etched stone surface for printing.
1875. in Knight, Dict. Mech.
3. A lithographed finger-print.
1890. Conan Doyle, Sign of Four, i. 10. Lithotypes of the hands of slaters, sailors, cork-cutters [etc.].
