ENGRAVING

engraving, etching

(noun) making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them

engraving

(noun) a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved

engraving

(noun) a print made from an engraving

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

engraving (countable and uncountable, plural engravings)

The practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it.

(printing) The art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper.

Coordinate terms: drypoint, etching

Hypernym: intaglio

Hyponyms: copperplate engraving, line engraving, photoengraving, steel engraving

(countable) A print produced from an engraving.

(music) The art of drawing music notation at high quality, particularly on a computer.

Verb

engraving

present participle of engrave

Anagrams

• gravening

Source: Wiktionary

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En*grav"ing, n.

1. The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.

2. That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

3. An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.

Note: Engraving on wood is called xylography; on copper, chalcography; on stone lithography. Engravings or prints take from wood blocks are usually called wood cuts, those from stone, lithographs.

ENGRAVE

En*grave", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + grave a tomb. Cf. Engrave to carve.]

Definition: To deposit in the grave; to bury. [Obs.] "Their corses to engrave." Spenser.

En*grave", v. t. [imp. Engraved; p. p. Engraved or Engraven (; p. pr. & vb. n. Engraving.] Etym: [Pref. en- + grave to carve: cf. OF. engraver.]

1. To cut in; to make by incision. [Obs.] Full many wounds in his corrupted flesh He did engrave. Spenser.

2. To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions. Like . . . . a signet thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel. Ex. xxviii. 11.

3. To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.

4. To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver. Engrave principles in men's minds. Locke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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