organ i fier (organ i fier)

[ Some again employ an organ i fier of tannin. Silver Sunbeam , p. 576. organify (ôr-gan'i-fi), v. t.; pret. and pp. or ganified, ppr. organifying. [L. organum, organ, + -ficare, make: see -fy.] In photog., to add organic matter to; impregnate with organic matter: said of a dry plate prepared according to one of the old collodion proce es. The plate, after sensitization in the silver-bath, was washed to remove the free silver, and then flowed with the organ i fier or preservative, the object of which was at once to hold open the pores of the collodion, to improve the keeping qualities of the plate, and to increase its sensitivene . See organ i fier. The plate is not to be exposed immediately after it is Workshop Receipts, 1st ser., p. 264. organified. organisability, organisation, etc. See organ izability, etc.