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Engraving

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.

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

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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