engraving

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Engrave Source: opted

2. n. The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper. Source: opted

3. n. That which is engraved; an engraved plate. Source: opted

4. n. An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print. Source: opted

5. n. a print made from an engraving Source: wordnet

6. n. a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved Source: wordnet

7. n. making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them Source: wordnet

8. 1. The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper. 2. That which is engraved; an engraved plate. 3. An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print. Note: Engraving on wood is called xylography; on copper, chalcography; on stone lithography. Engravings or prints take from wood blocks are usually called wood cuts, those from stone, lithographs. Source: webster

9. n:100 n. a print made from an engraving n. a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved n. making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them Source: ecdict

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