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

Scrimshaw :: Scrimshaw (v. t.) To ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines..

Or :: Or (n.) Yellow or gold color, -- represented in drawing or engraving by small dots..

Bridge :: Bridge (n.) Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed..

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

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..

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..

Delineate :: Delineate (v. t.) To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation..

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

Xylograph :: Xylograph (n.) An engraving on wood, or the impression from such an engraving; a print by xylography..

Graving :: Graving (n.) That which is graved or carved.

Xylography :: Xylography (n.) The art of engraving on wood.

Hatching :: Hatching (n.) A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also crosshatching..

Diesinking :: Diesinking (n.) The process of engraving dies.

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)..

Engraving :: Engraving (n.) That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

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

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..

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

Anaglyptographic :: Anaglyptographic (a.) Of or pertaining to anaglyptography; as, anaglyptographic engraving..

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