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

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..

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

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..

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]..

Photoglyphy :: Photoglyphy (n.) Photoglyphic engraving. See under Photoglyphic.

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..

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

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..

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

Crosshatching :: Crosshatching (n.) In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle..

Glyptics :: Glyptics (n.) The art of engraving on precious stones.

Lithoglyptics :: Lithoglyptics (n.) The art of cutting and engraving gems.

Micrograph :: Micrograph (n.) An instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.

Gypsography :: Gypsography (n.) The act or art of engraving on gypsum.

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

Style :: Style (v. t.) A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.

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

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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