| 单词 | steel-facing |
| 释义 | > as lemmassteel-facing steel-facing n. the process of covering an engraved metal plate with a film of steel to increase its durability. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > coating with metal > with specific metals leadingc1440 tinningc1440 foilinga1582 quickening1738 electroplating1840 zincing1841 retinning1843 palladiumizinga1851 acierage1852 platinizing1853 nickelization1857 quicking1863 brassingc1865 copperingc1865 nickel plating1870 nickelling1875 steel-facing1884 brazing1886 aluminizing1890 sherardizing1901 calorizing1930 aluminization1932 stelliting1934 anodizing1936 anodization1952 flame-plating1954 1884 J. S. Hodson Guide Art Illustr. ii. iii. 213 The proper thickness of copper having been deposited in the mould, the shell is filed or ground flat on the back, and the face coated with a deposit of iron,—a process commonly called steel facing. 1937 Discovery Mar. 76/2 The burr [in drypoint] being raised, will quickly wear, owing to the rubbing and the pressure it receives in printing. To overcome this a fine film of iron is deposited by an electric process on the plate. This is called steel-facing. An unfaced drypoint will yield only four or five-class impressions before the burr starts to wear. A steel-faced plate will give as many as fifty. 1965 C. Zigrosser & C. M. Gaehde Guide to Collecting Orig. Prints iii. 26 An invention of the mid-nineteenth century..steel-facing... The reason steel-faced prints have acquired a bad name is that they have often been printed in a slipshod manner. < as lemmas |
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