line engraving
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line engraving
n.
1.
a. A metal plate, used in intaglio printing, on the surface of which design lines have been engraved by hand.
b. The process of making such an engraving.
c. A print made from such an engraving.
2. See line cut.
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line′ engrav`ing
n.
an engraving in which all effects are produced by variations in the width and density of lines incised with a burin.
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line engraving
Engraving directly onto a metal plate with cutting tools, producing precise lines and shading added by hatching dots. Probably began in fifteenth-century Italy, flowering in the work of Dürer.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() engraving - a print made from an engraving |
2. | line engraving - engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or engraved engraving - a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved |
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