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Carve :: Carve (v. t.) To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, to carve a name on a tree..

Grangerism :: Grangerism (n.) The practice of illustrating a particular book by engravings collected from other books.

Scarabee :: Scarabee (n.) A stylized representation of a scarab beetle in stone or faience; -- a symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as an ornament or a talisman, and in modern times used in jewelry, usually by engraving designs on cabuchon stones. Also used attributively; as, a scarab bracelet [a bracelet containing scarabs]; a scarab [the carved stone itelf]..

Engraved :: Engraved (a.) Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving.

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..

Lithoglyph :: Lithoglyph (n.) An engraving on a gem.

Xylographical :: Xylographical (a.) Of or pertaining to xylography, or wood engraving..

Hyalography :: Hyalography (n.) Art of writing or engraving on glass.

Lapidary :: Lapidary (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation..

Electro-tint :: Electro-tint (n.) A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electro-typing, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc., receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of this is then the plate for printing..

Publication :: Publication (n.) The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution..

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

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..

Purpure :: Purpure (n.) Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base)..

Printer :: Printer (n.) One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman..

Enchase :: Enchase (v. t.) To chase; to ornament by embossing or engraving; as, to enchase a watch case..

Woodcut :: Woodcut (n.) An engraving on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut, under Wood..

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

Intaglio :: Intaglio (n.) A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively..

Glyptic :: Glyptic (a.) Of or pertaining to gem engraving.

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