tusche

[ toosh; German toosh-uh ]

noun

1. a greaselike liquid used in lithography as a medium receptive to lithographic ink, and in etching and silkscreen as a resist.

tusche

/ tʊʃ /

noun

1. a substance used in lithography for drawing the design and as a resist in silk-screen printing and lithography

Word History and Origins

Origin of tusche¹

1905–10; < German Tusche, noun derivative of tuschen to lay on color or ink < French toucher to touch

Word History and Origins

Origin of tusche¹

from German, from tuschen to touch up with colour or ink, from French toucher to touch

Example Sentences

Marion Reimers Tusche, a Mexican activist and sports analyst who took part in the show’s gender violence episode, saw in Luna’s approach a productive way of nurturing the kinds of discussions many shy away from.

From Los Angeles Times

For Reimers Tusche, this was necessary.

From Los Angeles Times

Then there’s the three-ply Strathmore buff Bristol paper and Pelikan Tusche ink, but no Wite-Out — “I have to live with my mistakes.”

From New York Times

They tried, for instance, to recreate his Benday dots of newsprint using a kind of ink called tusche ink.

From New York Times

“We did a lot of experiments,” she said, “including trying to make the dots with a liquid tusche, but it became too runny.”

From New York Times