engraved sterling silver napkin ring
en·grav·ing
(ĕn-grā′vĭng)n.
1. The art or technique of one that engraves.
2. A design or text engraved on a surface.
3. An engraved surface for printing.
4. A print made from an engraved plate or block.
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engraving
(ɪnˈɡreɪvɪŋ)n
1. (Art Terms) the art of a person who engraves
2. (Art Terms) a block, plate, or other surface that has been engraved
3. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a print made from such a surface
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en•grav•ing
(ɛnˈgreɪ vɪŋ)n.
1. the act or art of a person who engraves.
2. the art of forming designs by cutting, etching with acids, a photographic process, etc., as on the surface of a metal plate or block of wood, from which impressions or prints of the design can be made.
3. the design engraved.
4. an engraved plate or block.
5. an impression or print from this.
[1595–1605]
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Engraving
See also art; ornamentation.
the art or technique of carving a wood block in relief. — acrographer, n. — acrographic, acrographical, adj.
an engraver, usually in metal. Also called graver.
the art or technique of engraving cameos.
1. the name of the engraver inscribed on a gemstone or finger ring.
2. an artist who engraves precious stones and metals. Also dactylioglyphist.
2. an artist who engraves precious stones and metals. Also dactylioglyphist.
the art of engraving gemstones and finger rings.
the art of engraving gemstones. — dactyliographer, n. — dactyliographic, adj.
a form of engraving in which the design is in relief instead of being sunk.
the use of chemically induced electric current rather than chemicals to produce plates for copperplate engraving. — galvanograph, n. — galvanographic, ad).
1. an engraving on a gemstone or other small object.
2. the stone or object engraved.
2. the stone or object engraved.
1. the art of engraving, especially on gems.
2. the study of this art.
2. the study of this art.
1. an engraving or carving on a gem stone.
2. the stone thus engraved. — lithoglyphic, lithoglyptic, adj.
2. the stone thus engraved. — lithoglyphic, lithoglyptic, adj.
Obsolete, an engraver of precious stones.
the art of engraving or carving precious stones. — lithoglyptic, adj.
an engraver, designer, or maker of medals. See also honors and regalia.
photogravure or the process of engraving by means of photography. — photoglyphic, adj.
1. a form of photoengraving in which the photograph is reproduced on an intaglio surface and then transferred to paper.
2. the photograph produced by this process.
2. the photograph produced by this process.
the process of making lithographs produced by photoengraving. Cf. photogravure. — photolithographer, n. — photolithographic, adj.
a technique of engraving on steel plates, often used in the printing of banknotes. — siderograph, siderographist, n. — siderographic, siderographical, adj.
the art of drawing, writing, or engraving with a style or similar instrument. — stylographic, stylographical, adj.
the art of engraving on wood for printing. — xylographer, n. — xylographic, xylographical, adj.
the process of engraving on zinc or of printing from a zinc plate. — zincographer, n. — zincographic, zincographical, adj.
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engraving
1. Any method of cutting into metal or wood to make a surface to receive ink for printmaking, but frequently used for what is technically called line engraving.
2. A plate engraved for printing, or a printed illustration.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  engraving - a print made from an engraving dry point - a print produced by dry point engraving etching - an impression made from an etched plate halftone - a print obtained from photoengraving line engraving, linecut - a print obtained from a line drawing print - a picture or design printed from an engraving steel engraving - an impression taken from an engraved steel plate wood engraving, woodcut - a print made from a woodcut |
| 2. | engraving - a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved copperplate engraving, copperplate - an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved etching - an etched plate made with the use of acid gravure - a printing plate used in the process of gravure line block, line engraving, linecut - engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or engraved plate - a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic steel engraving - engraving on a steel plate wood block, wood engraving, woodcut - engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints | |
| 3. | engraving - 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 |
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engraving
noun
1. print, block, impression, carving, etching, inscription, plate, woodcut, dry point the engraving of Shakespeare at the front of the book
2. cutting, carving, etching, inscribing, chiselling, inscription, chasing, dry point, enchasing (rare) Glass engraving has increased in popularity over recent years.
Related words
adjective glyptic
adjective glyptic
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engraving
n
(= process) → Gravieren nt; (on rock, stone) → Einmeißeln nt; (on wood) → Einschnitzen nt, → Einkerben nt; engraving needle → Graviernadel f
(= copy) → (Kupfer-/Stahl)stich m; (from wood) → Holzschnitt m; (= design) → Gravierung f; (on wood, stone) → eingemeißelte Verzierung/Schrift etc
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