MEZZOTINTS

Noun

mezzotints

plural of mezzotint

Source: Wiktionary


MEZZOTINT

Mez"zo*tint, n. Etym: [Cf. F. mezzo-tinto.]

Definition: A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced.

Mez"zo*tint, v. t.

Definition: To engrave in mezzotint.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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