'Engraving' definitions:
Definition of 'engraving'
(from WordNet)
noun
A print made from an engraving
noun
A block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved
noun
Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them [syn: engraving, etching]
Definition of 'Engraving'
From: GCIDE
- Engraving \En*grav"ing\, n.
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is engraved; an engraved plate. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Engraving on wood is called xylography; on copper, chalcography; on stone lithography. Engravings or prints take from wood blocks are usually called wood cuts, those from stone, lithographs. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Engraving'
From: GCIDE
- Engrave \En*grave"\, v. t. [imp. Engraved; p. p. Engraved or Engraven; p. pr. & vb. n. Engraving.] [Pref. en- + grave to carve: cf. OF. engraver.]
- 1. To cut in; to make by incision. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Full many wounds in his corrupted flesh He did engrave. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions. [1913 Webster]
- Like . . . . a signet thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel. --Ex. xxviii. 11. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver. [1913 Webster]
- Engrave principles in men's minds. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'engraving'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstract,
- abstract art,
- abstraction,
- altarpiece,
- anaglyph,
- anaglyptics,
- anaglyptography,
- aquatint,
- architectural sculpture,
- art,
- art form,
- artist,
- arts and crafts,
- arts of design,
- autolithograph,
- bezel,
- birthmark,
- blaze,
- blemish,
- block,
- block print,
- blotch,
- bone-carving,
- brand,
- burr,
- calligraphy,
- cameo,
- caste mark,
- casting,
- cave art,
- ceramics,
- ceroplastics,
- chamfer,
- chase,
- chasing,
- check,
- checkmark,
- chink,
- chiseling,
- chromolithograph,
- cicatrix,
- clay sculpture,
- collage,
- color print,
- copperplate,
- copperplate print,
- copy,
- corrugation,
- crack,
- cranny,
- crayon engraving,
- cross-hatching,
- cut,
- cyclorama,
- CYSP sculpture,
- dado,
- dapple,
- daub,
- decoration,
- decorative sculpture,
- demitint,
- design,
- designing,
- diptych,
- discoloration,
- dot,
- earmark,
- earth art,
- embossing,
- engravement,
- etch,
- etching,
- fine arts,
- fleck,
- flick,
- flute,
- fluting,
- folk art,
- founding,
- freckle,
- fresco,
- furrow,
- garden sculpture,
- gash,
- gem-cutting,
- gem-engraving,
- glass sculpture,
- glass-cutting,
- glyptic,
- gouge,
- graphic arts,
- graphotype,
- graving,
- groove,
- hack,
- half tint,
- hatching,
- icon,
- illumination,
- illustration,
- image,
- impress,
- impression,
- imprint,
- incision,
- inscript,
- inscription,
- intaglio,
- ivory-carving,
- jot,
- lentigo,
- likeness,
- line,
- lining,
- linoleum-block print,
- lithograph,
- lost-wax process,
- macula,
- mark,
- marking,
- metal sculpture,
- mezzotint,
- microgroove,
- miniature,
- modeling,
- molding,
- mole,
- montage,
- monumental sculpture,
- mosaic,
- mottle,
- mural,
- negative,
- nevus,
- nick,
- notch,
- panorama,
- paper sculpture,
- patch,
- photograph,
- photography,
- picture,
- plaster casting,
- plastic art,
- point,
- polka dot,
- portrait sculpture,
- prick,
- primitive art,
- print,
- puncture,
- rabbet,
- relief,
- relief-carving,
- relievo,
- representation,
- reproduction,
- rifling,
- rubber-block print,
- ruck,
- rut,
- scar,
- scarification,
- score,
- scoring,
- scotch,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- sculptor,
- sculpture,
- sculpturing,
- shell-carving,
- slash,
- slashing,
- slit,
- speck,
- speckle,
- splash,
- splotch,
- spot,
- stain,
- stained glass window,
- statuary,
- steel engraving,
- stencil,
- stigma,
- still life,
- stipple,
- stippling,
- stone sculpture,
- stonecutting,
- strawberry mark,
- streak,
- stria,
- striation,
- sulcation,
- sulcus,
- tableau,
- tapestry,
- tattoo,
- tattoo mark,
- the arts,
- tick,
- tint,
- tittle,
- tooling,
- triptych,
- type-cutting,
- vignette,
- wall painting,
- watermark,
- well-worn groove,
- whittling,
- wire sculpture,
- wood carving,
- wood engraving,
- woodblock,
- woodcut,
- woodprint,
- wrinkle,
- xyloglyphy,
- xylograph