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wood engraving

n.

1.

a. A block of wood on whose surface a design for printing is engraved across the end grain.

b. A print made from a wood engraving.

2. The art or process of making wood engravings.

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wood engraving

n

1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the art of engraving pictures or designs on wood for printing by incising them with a burin on a block of wood cut across the grain

2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a block of wood so engraved or a print taken from it

wood engraver  n

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wood engraving - Essentially the reverse of a woodcut.

See also related terms for reverse.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wood engraving - a print made from a woodcut woodcut engraving - a print made from an engraving
	2.	wood engraving - engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints wood block, woodcut engraving - a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved

Translations

wood engraving n (Art) → incisione f su legno