\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.