PHOTOXYLOGRAPHY

Etymology

Noun

photoxylography (uncountable)

A process in which a photograph is printed on wood to use as a template for engraving

Source: Wiktionary


Pho`to*xy*log"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Photo- + xylography.]

Definition: The process of producing a representation of an object on wood, by photography, for the use of the wood engraver.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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