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woodcut

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wood·cut  (wdkt)
n.
1. A block of wood on whose surface a design for printing is engraved along the grain.
2. A print made from a woodcut. Also called woodblock, woodprint.
woodcut
Noun
a print made from a block of wood with a design cut into it
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.woodcut - a print made from a woodcut
wood engraving
engraving - a print made from an engraving
2.woodcut - engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints
wood block, wood engraving
engraving - a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved


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One person of mild and benevolent aspect even gave me a tract ornamented with a woodcut of a malevolent young man fitted up with a perfect sausage-shop of fetters, and entitled, TO BE READ IN MY CELL.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
Two of these are shown in the woodcut united together.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
The handbill had the usual rude woodcut of a turbaned Negro woman running, with the customary bundle on a stick over her shoulder, and the heading in bold type, "$100 REWARD.
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
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