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

Anaglyptography :: Anaglyptography (n.) The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc..

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..

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

Vert :: Vert (n.) The color green, represented in a drawing or engraving by parallel lines sloping downward toward the right..

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

At :: At (prep.) The relation of some employment or action; occupied with; as, at engraving; at husbandry; at play; at work; at meat (eating); except at puns..

Epigraphy :: Epigraphy (n.) The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them.

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

Photogravure :: Photogravure (n.) A photoengraving; also, the process by which such a picture is produced..

Incuse :: Incuse (v. t.) Cut or stamped in, or hollowed out by engraving..

Stipple :: Stipple (v. t.) To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines..

Zincography :: Zincography (n.) The art or process of engraving or etching on zinc, in which the design is left in relief in the style of a wood cut, the rest of the ground being eaten away by acid..

Dactylioglyphi :: Dactylioglyphi (n.) The art or process of gem engraving.

Art :: Art (n.) A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation..

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..

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..

Photomechanical :: Photomechanical (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, any photographic process in which a printing surface is obtained without the intervention of hand engraving..

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]..

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

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