papyrograph

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papyrograph - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Papyrograph \Pa*pyr"o*graph\, n. [Papyrus + -graph.]
     An apparatus for multiplying writings, drawings, etc., in
     which a paper stencil, formed by writing or drawing with
     corrosive ink, is used. The word is also used of other means
     of multiplying copies of writings, drawings, etc. See
     Copygraph, Hectograph, Manifold. [Obsolescent]
     [1913 Webster +PJC]