Definitions for: Etch

[v] make an etching of

Webster (1913) Definition: Etch, n.
A variant of Eddish. [Obs.] --Mortimer.

Etch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Etched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Etching.] [D. etsen, G. ["a]tzen to feed, corrode, etch.
MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen ??. See
Eat.]
1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or
the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or
corroded by means of some strong acid.

Note: The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other
ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then
scored or scratched with a needle, or similar
instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is
then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the
lines thus laid bare.

2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as
a plate of metal.

I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875.
--Hamerton.

3. To sketch; to delineate. [R.]

There are many empty terms to be found in some
learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch
out their system. --Locke.

Etch, v. i.
To practice etching; to make etchings.

See Also: aquatint, corrode, print, rust

Try our:
Scrabble Word Finder

Scrabble Cheat

Words With Friends Cheat

Hanging With Friends Cheat

Scramble With Friends Cheat

Ruzzle Cheat

Related Resources:
animals starting with x
animlas that start with k