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Etching

Etching Meaning & Definition
Etching Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Etching?

[n] making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them
[n] an etched plate made with the use of acid
[n] an impression made from an etched plate

Synonyms | Synonyms for Etching: engraving

Related Terms | Find terms related to Etching: abstract art | aquatint | art | art form | artist | arts and crafts | arts of design | autolithograph | block | block print | burr | calligraphy | cave art | ceramics | cerography | chalcography | chiseling | chromolithograph | color print | copperplate | copperplate print | crayon engraving | cribbling | cross-hatching | cut | decoration | demitint | design | designing | drypoint | engravement | engraving | etch | fine arts | folk art | gem-engraving | glass-cutting | glyptic | graphic arts | graphotype | graving | half tint | hatching | impress | impression | imprint | incision | inscript | inscription | intaglio | line | lining | linoleum-block print | lithograph | marking | metal cut | mezzotint | negative | photoengraving | photography | plastic art | plate engraving | primitive art | print | pyrogravure | relief method | rubber-block print | score | scoring | scratch | scratching | sculpture | slash | slashing | steel engraving | stipple | stippling | the arts | tint | tooling | type-cutting | vignette | wood engraving | woodblock | woodburning | woodcut | woodprint | xylograph | zincography

See Also | aquatint | aquatint | engraving | printmaking | steel engraving

Etching In Webster's Dictionary

\Etch"ing\, n. 1. The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See {Etch}, v. t. 2. A design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching. 3. An impression on paper, parchment, or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate. {Etching figures} (Min.), markings produced on the face of a crystal by the action of an appropriate solvent. They have usually a definite form, and are important as revealing the molecular structure. {Etching needle}, a sharp-pointed steel instrument with which lines are drawn in the ground or varnish in etching. {Etching stitch} (Needlework), a stitch used outline embroidery.

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