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Engraving

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The practice of incising a design onto a hard surface, by cutting grooves into it. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them wordnet
  3. 3
    The art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved wordnet
  5. 5
    A print produced from an engraving. countable

    "He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own."

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  1. 6
    a print made from an engraving wordnet
  2. 7
    The art of drawing music notation at high quality, particularly on a computer. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of engrave form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, engrave + -ing.

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, engrave + -ing.

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