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Webster 1913 Edition
Cliche
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Cliˊché′
,Noun.
[F.
cliché
, from clicher
to stereotype.] 1.
A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief.
Cliché casting
, a mode of obtaining an impression from a die or woodcut, or the like, by striking it suddenly upon metal which has been fused and is just becoming solid; also, the casting so obtained.