Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
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
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
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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