- (n.) 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.
- (n.) An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood or other material; a print.
- (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Engrave.
- (n.) That which is engraved; an engraved plate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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