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copperplate
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cop·per·plate  (kpr-plt)
n.
1. A copper printing plate engraved or etched to form a recessed pattern of the matter to be printed.
2. A print or engraving made by using such a plate.

copperplate [ˈkɒpəˌpleɪt]
n
1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a polished copper plate on which a design has been etched or engraved
2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a print taken from such a plate
3. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a fine handwriting based upon that used on copperplate engravings
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.copperplate - a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings
cursive, cursive script, longhand, running hand - rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
2.copperplate - a print made from an engraved copperplate
print - a picture or design printed from an engraving
3.copperplate - an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved
engraving - a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved
Translations
copperplate [ˈkɒpəpleɪt] N (also copperplate writing) → letra f caligrafiada, caligrafía f
copperplate [ˈkɒpəˌpleɪt] n (for engraving) → lastra di rame per incisione (also copperplate handwriting) → calligrafia chiara e regolare
copperplate [ˈkɒpəˌpleɪt] n (for engraving) → lastra di rame per incisione (also copperplate handwriting) → calligrafia chiara e regolare


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Reading Pictures: On the Value of the Copperplates in the Beschryvinghe of Pieter De Marees (1602) as Source Material for Ethnohistorical Research," History in Africa 21:147-70.
Davis plays on the multiple meanings of the word "Metamorphoses" in her chapter on Maria Sibylla Merian, famous for her paintings and copperplates of flowers, plants, and insects.
In the meanntime, her Lyonnais printer Jean Marcorelle had fled to Geneva with the entire set of copperplates, and the Emblesmes on devises chrestiennes were were subsequently published in all of the major Europe in languages: French, Latin, German, Flemish, Italian, Spanish, and English.
 
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