a substance used in lithography for drawing the design and as a resist in silk-screen printing and lithography
Word origin
from German, from tuschen to touch up with colour or ink, from French toucher to touch
tusche in American English
(tuʃ, German ˈtuʃə)
noun
a greaselike liquid used in lithography as a medium receptive to lithographic ink, and in etching and silkscreen as a resist
Word origin
[1905–10; ‹ G Tusche, n. deriv. of tuschen to lay on color or ink ‹ F toucher to touch]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: airway, aspect ratio, jazz, push-up, revolving door