Definition of engraving

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Engraving (n.) An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print..

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Glyptic :: Glyptic (a.) Of or pertaining to gem engraving.
Celature :: Celature (n.) The act or art of engraving or embossing.
Glyptics :: Glyptics (n.) The art of engraving on precious stones.
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..
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..
Anaglyptographic :: Anaglyptographic (a.) Of or pertaining to anaglyptography; as, anaglyptographic engraving..
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..
Engraved :: Engraved (a.) Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving.
Glyptographic :: Glyptographic (a.) Relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on precious stones..
Lithoglyphic :: Lithoglyphic (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of cutting and engraving precious stones.
Micrograph :: Micrograph (n.) An instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.
Dactylioglyphi :: Dactylioglyphi (n.) The art or process of gem engraving.
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)..
Grangerism :: Grangerism (n.) The practice of illustrating a particular book by engravings collected from other books.
Or :: Or (n.) Yellow or gold color, -- represented in drawing or engraving by small dots..
Execution :: Execution (n.) The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music..
Engraving :: Engraving (n.) An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print..
Epigraphy :: Epigraphy (n.) The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them.
Woodcutting :: Woodcutting (n.) The act or art of engraving on wood.
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..
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