Etymology

leimtype

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Today it means: A collotype process in which the printing surface is a sheet of gelatin fixed upon a zinc plate. Full definition →

German Leim
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  1. German · derived fromLeim“glue”
  2. English todayleimtype

From German Leim (“glue”).

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