About The Word Engraving

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Engraving

Engraving Meaning & Definition
Engraving Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Engraving?

[n] making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them
[n] a block or plate that has been engraved
[n] a print made from an engraving

Synonyms | Synonyms for Engraving: etching

Related Terms | Find terms related to Engraving: abstract | abstract art | abstraction | altarpiece | anaglyph | anaglyptics | anaglyptography | aquatint | architectural sculpture | art | art form | artist | arts and crafts | arts of design | autolithograph | bezel | birthmark | blaze | blemish | block | block print | blotch | bone-carving | brand | burr | calligraphy | cameo | caste mark | casting | cave art | ceramics | ceroplastics | chamfer | chase | chasing | check | checkmark | chink | chiseling | chromolithograph | cicatrix | clay sculpture | collage | color print | copperplate | copperplate print | copy | corrugation | crack | cranny | crayon engraving | cross-hatching | cut | cyclorama | CYSP sculpture | dado | dapple | daub | decoration | decorative sculpture | demitint | design | designing | diptych | discoloration | dot | earmark | earth art | embossing | engravement | etch | etching | fine arts | fleck | flick | flute | fluting | folk art | founding | freckle | fresco | furrow | garden sculpture | gash | gem-cutting | gem-engraving | glass sculpture | glass-cutting | glyptic | gouge | graphic arts | graphotype | graving | groove | hack | half tint | hatching | icon | illumination | illustration | image | impress | impression | imprint | incision | inscript | inscription | intaglio | ivory-carving | jot | lentigo | likeness | line | lining | linoleum-block print | lithograph | lost-wax process | macula | mark | marking | metal sculpture | mezzotint | microgroove | miniature | modeling | molding | mole | montage | monumental sculpture | mosaic | mottle | mural | negative | nevus | nick | notch | panorama | paper sculpture | patch | photograph | photography | picture | plaster casting | plastic art | point | polka dot | portrait sculpture | prick | primitive art | print | puncture | rabbet | relief | relief-carving | relievo | representation | reproduction | rifling | rubber-block print | ruck | rut | scar | scarification | score | scoring | scotch | scratch | scratching | sculptor | sculpture | sculpturing | shell-carving | slash | slashing | slit | speck | speckle | splash | splotch | spot | stain | stained glass window | statuary | steel engraving | stencil | stigma | still life | stipple | stippling | stone sculpture | stonecutting | strawberry mark | streak | stria | striation | sulcation | sulcus | tableau | tapestry | tattoo | tattoo mark | the arts | tick | tint | tittle | tooling | triptych | type-cutting | vignette | wall painting | watermark | well-worn groove | whittling | wire sculpture | wood carving | wood engraving | woodblock | woodcut | woodprint | wrinkle | xyloglyphy | xylograph

See Also | aquatint | copperplate | dry point | etching | gravure | halftone | halftone engraving | line block | line engraving | linecut | photoengraving | plate | print | printmaking | steel engraving | steel engraving | wood block | wood engraving | woodcut

Engraving In Webster's Dictionary

\En*grav"ing\, n. 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.

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