lithotype noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •An etched stone surface for printing, having the design in relief. •A print made from such a surface. •A machine, with a keyboard like that of a typewriter, for making a lithographic transfer sheet. It produces a perforated strip of paper which controls the printing. verb1 •To prepare for printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy. formslithotyped · lithotyping · lithotypes