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etching

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etch·ing  (chng)
n.
1. The art of preparing etched plates, especially metal plates, from which designs and pictures are printed.
2. A design etched on a plate.
3. An impression made from an etched plate.

etching
Noun
1. the art or process of preparing or printing etched designs
2. a print made from an etched plate
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.etchingetching - an impression made from an etched plate
aquatint - an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color
engraving - a print made from an engraving
2.etching - an etched plate made with the use of acid
engraving - a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved
3.etching - making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them
printmaking - artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens
steel engraving - the act of engraving on a steel plate
aquatint - a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color

etching
Translations
etching [ˈɛtʃɪŋ] naguafuerte m or f
etching [ˈɛtʃɪŋ] neau-forte f
etching [ˈɛtʃɪŋ] etch nRadierung f
etching [ˈɛtʃɪŋ] nacquaforte f


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" And also to an Act, entitled, "an Act, supplementary to an Act, for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times herein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
There was a new etching to be admired, and they were called on to observe what the baronet called its tones, and what Agatha would have called its degrees of smudginess.
It was Gautier's Emaux et Camees, Charpentier's Japanese-paper edition, with the Jacquemart etching.
 
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