maculature
[f. L. maculāt-, ppl. stem of maculāre to stain + -ure. Cf. F. maculature (Cotgr.), G. makulatur.]
1. (See quots.) Obs.—0
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Maculatures, blotting or waste papers. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Maculature or Macle, a waste Sheet of printed Paper. 1721 Bailey, Maculature, a Waste or blotting Paper. |
2. Engraving (see quots.).
| 1904 Burlington Mag. V. 70 One of these [impressions of the Hundred Guilder Plate]..is a ‘maculature’, an impression on a sheet of ordinary paper passed over the plate to remove the ink. 1914 Brit. Mus. Guide Processes of Engraving 52 A maculature is another form of weak impression. A copper plate needs to be inked between each impression. Sometimes a second impression is taken from the plate before re-inking, as a means of extracting the remainder of the ink from the lines. This is called a maculature. |