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Creux :: Creux (n.) Used in English only in the expression en creux. Thus, engraving en creux is engraving in intaglio, or by sinking or hollowing out the design..

Burin :: Burin (n.) The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble..

Legend :: Legend (n.) An inscription, motto, or title, esp. one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration..

Woodcutting :: Woodcutting (n.) The act or art of engraving on wood.

Trace :: Trace (v. t.) To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing..

Cut :: Cut (n.) An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts..

Delineate :: Delineate (v. t.) To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation..

Reenter :: Reenter (v. t.) To cut deeper, as engraved lines on a plate of metal, when the engraving has not been deep enough, or the plate has become worn in printing..

Xylograph :: Xylograph (n.) An engraving on wood, or the impression from such an engraving; a print by xylography..

Heliogravure :: Heliogravure (n.) The process of photographic engraving.

Engraving :: Engraving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engrav.

Glyptographic :: Glyptographic (a.) Relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on precious stones..

Scauper :: Scauper (n.) A tool with a semicircular edge, -- used by engravers to clear away the spaces between the lines of an engraving..

Engraving :: Engraving (n.) That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

Celature :: Celature (n.) The act or art of engraving or embossing.

Copyright :: Copyright (n.) The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books..

Polytype :: Polytype (v. t.) To produce a polytype of; as, to polytype an engraving..

Photoglyphic :: Photoglyphic (a.) Pertaining to the art of engraving by the action of light.

Vignette :: Vignette (n.) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge..

Stereotype :: Stereotype (n.) A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing..

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