E*lec"tro-tint` (?), n. (Fine
Arts) A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic
electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some
material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electro-
typing, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc., receive a
deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A
cast of this is then the plate for printing.