Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A black liquid used for drawing in lithography and as a resist in etching and silk-screen work.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A lithographic drawing or painting material of the same nature as lithographic ink. It is also used as a resistant in the biting-in process.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A black liquid used in lithography for drawing and painting and in etching and the silk-screen process as a resist.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The materials which he used for his acid-resisting mixture while etching his copper plates were beeswax, soap, and lampblack, and in selecting these materials he accidentally invented the basis for all crayons or lithographic "tusche" or inks, now used so extensively for drawing on stone.
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Prints are made from a reversed negative on the sensitized surface of the stone, or on as many stones as the color-plates require, and then manipulated by the lithographer, who adds or modifies strength with his "tusche" or crayon, and scrapes or washes out lights where necessary.
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Parnell, by saying nice things about it, is simply covering his tusche in an election year for his earlier support of a bad idea.
Sean Parnell Pushes Changes to Alaska’s Controversial Energy Tax - Vladimir’s blog - RedState 2010
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"Now let me look at your tusche," he said as he stuck his gloved finger inside.
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He proceeds to draw each color-plate successively, at all times adhering closely to the red chalk outlines, filling in with tusche where full strength of the color is required and using lithographic crayon or the stipple process to reproduce the various gradations of this color in order to secure the full color value of each printing.
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This being completed, the lithographic ink (tusche) or transfer ink is carefully rubbed into the tracing, which is laid face down on a polished lithographic stone, slightly moistened, and passed through a hand press; thereby transferring the ink from the engraved lines to the polished surface of the stone.
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