ENGRAVING
\ɛnɡɹˈe͡ɪvɪŋ], \ɛnɡɹˈeɪvɪŋ], \ɛ_n_ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_v_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of ENGRAVING
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.
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That which is engraved; an engraved plate.
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An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.
By Oddity Software
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The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.
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That which is engraved; an engraved plate.
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An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.
By Noah Webster.
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The act, process, or art of producing designs, etc., cut in, or in relief on, metal, etc.; a design or inscription so cut; an impression from an engraved plate.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Act or art of cutting designs on metal, wood, or stone: an impression taken from an engraved plate: a print.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
