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

Photo-engraving :: Photo-engraving (n.) The process of obtaining an etched or engraved plate from the photographic image, to be used in printing; also, a picture produced by such a process..

Aquatinta :: Aquatinta (n.) A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method..

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..

Siderography :: Siderography (n.) The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy..

Insculpture :: Insculpture (n.) An engraving, carving, or inscription..

Hollow :: Hollow (v. t.) To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate..

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

Demitint :: Demitint (n.) That part of a painting, engraving, or the like, which is neither in full darkness nor full light..

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

Legend :: Legend (n.) An inscription, motto, or title, esp. one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration..

Potichomanie :: Potichomanie (n.) The art or process of coating the inside of glass vessels with engravings or paintings, so as to give them the appearance of painted ware..

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..

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

Scauper :: Scauper (n.) A tool with a semicircular edge, -- used by engravers to clear away the spaces between the lines of an engraving..

Heliogravure :: Heliogravure (n.) The process of photographic engraving.

Engravement :: Engravement (n.) Engraving.

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

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

Pointrel :: Pointrel (n.) A graving tool.

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