Thesaurus: etch

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1. n. A variant of Eddish.
2. v. t. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid.
3. v. t. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal.
4. v. t. To sketch; to delineate.
5. v. i. To practice etching; to make etchings.
6. v. make an etching of
7. v. cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible
8. v. carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
9. v. carve or cut a design or letters into
10. v. selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons
11. A variant of Eddish. [Obs.] Mortimer. 1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid. Note: The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then scored or scratched with a needle, or similar instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the lines thus laid bare. 2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal. I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875. Hamerton. 3. To sketch; to delineate. [R.] There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch out their system. Locke. To practice etching; to make etchings.
12. A variant of Eddish. [Obs.] Mortimer.