plate printing

The act or proce of print. ing from engraved plates. Plate - printing machine: A machine for printing from plates or cylinders engraved in intaglio. plate-rack, s. A frame in which washed and rinsed dishes and plates are placed to drain. plate-rail, s. IMG:content-1190.png:[blocks in formation] plate-tracery, s. Arch.: The earliest form of tracery, used at the beginning of Early English architecture, in which the openings are formed or cut in the stonework, and have no projecting moldings.