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engraving::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | etching |
| Type of | printmaking |
| Has types | steel engraving, aquatint |
| Derivation | engrave |
engraving::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | plate |
| Has types | wood engraving, etching, steel engraving, wood block, gravure, copperplate, halftone, halftone engraving, line block, copperplate engraving, line engraving, woodcut, linecut, photoengraving |
engraving::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | |
| Has types | linecut, dry point, etching, halftone, line engraving, steel engraving, wood engraving, woodcut |
Examples of engraving
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One side bears the presidential seal, the other an engraving of the White House.
From the bostonherald.com
Steel engraving by Samuel Hollyer from a lost daguerreotype by Gabriel Harrison.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In 1927 a set of six stamps depicted a caravel, modelled after an old engraving.
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Engraving has also always been used as a method of original artistic expression.
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To the engraving of gems there is reference also, such as with seals or signets.
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The engraving also shows the earlier moated house to the south of the new house.
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Etching soon came to challenge engraving as the most popular printmaking medium.
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Now, it's a throwback to the 1930s and 1940s with hand engraving or bead setting.
From the toledoblade.com
Her headstone features a weeping willow, a poem and splendid engraving, she said.
From the chron.com
- A print made from an engraving
- A block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved
- Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them
- (engrave) scratch: carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"
- (engrave) impress or affect deeply; "The event engraved itself into her memory"
- (engrave) carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter"
- Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. ...
- Music engraving is the art of drawing music notation at high quality for the purpose of mechanical reproduction. The term music copying is almost equivalent, though music engraving implies a higher degree of skill and quality, usually for publication. ...
- (Engrave (album)) Engrave is the second album released by Amulet.
