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Graving :: Graving (n.) The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.

Cist :: Cist (n.) A box or chest. Specifically: (a) A bronze receptacle, round or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover, and with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings. (b) A cinerary urn. See Illustration in Appendix..

Grave :: Grave (v. i.) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving..

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

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

Intergraving :: Intergraving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intergrav.

Vignette :: Vignette (v. t.) To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away..

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

Burr :: Burr (n.) The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting..

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

Glyptography :: Glyptography (n.) The art or process of engraving on precious stones.

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

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

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

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..

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

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

Hachure :: Hachure (n.) A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching..

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..

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..

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