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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..

Copy :: Copy (n.) An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue..

Azure :: Azure (n.) A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines..

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

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

Hatch :: Hatch (v. t.) To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching.

Argent :: Argent (n.) The white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or, figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness; -- represented in engraving by a plain white surface..

Picture :: Picture (n.) A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors. By extension, a figure; a model..

Engraving :: Engraving (n.) The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper..

Electro-engraving :: Electro-engraving (n.) The art or process of engraving by means of electricity.

Foxed :: Foxed (a.) Discolored or stained; -- said of timber, and also of the paper of books or engravings..

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..

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..

Gravery :: Gravery (n.) The act, process, or art, of graving or carving; engraving..

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

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..

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

Dactyliography :: Dactyliography (n.) The art of writing or engraving upon gems.

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

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

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