Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The process of depositing a layer of iron on another metal, by means of electrical action. Stereotype and copper plates are sometimes treated in this way, thus increasing their durability without injury to their artistic character. When thus coated with iron they are said to be “steel-faced.”
Wiktionary
- n. historical The process of electroplating a copper engraving with iron or steel.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The process of coating the surface of a metal plate (as a stereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of voltaic electricity; steeling.
Etymologies
- French aciérage, from acier ("steel"). (Wiktionary)
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