Definitions for: Engraving


[n] making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them
[n] a block or plate that has been engraved
[n] a print made from an engraving



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: etching

See Also: aquatint, copperplate, dry point, etching, gravure, halftone, halftone engraving, line block, line engraving, linecut, photoengraving, plate, print, printmaking, steel engraving, steel engraving, wood block, wood engraving, woodcut

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