'Etching' definitions:

Definition of 'etching'

(from WordNet)
noun
An impression made from an etched plate
noun
An etched plate made with the use of acid
noun
Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them [syn: engraving, etching]

Definition of 'Etching'

From: GCIDE
  • Etching \Etch"ing\, n.
  • 1. The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See Etch, v. t. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. An impression on paper, parchment, or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate. [1913 Webster]
  • Etching figures (Min.), markings produced on the face of a crystal by the action of an appropriate solvent. They have usually a definite form, and are important as revealing the molecular structure.
  • Etching needle, a sharp-pointed steel instrument with which lines are drawn in the ground or varnish in etching.
  • Etching stitch (Needlework), a stitch used outline embroidery. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Etching'

From: GCIDE
  • Etch \Etch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Etched; p. pr. & vb. n. Etching.] [D. etsen, G. [aum]tzen to feed, corrode, etch. MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen ??. See Eat.]
  • 1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then scored or scratched with a needle, or similar instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the lines thus laid bare. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal. [1913 Webster]
  • I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875. --Hamerton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To sketch; to delineate. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch out their system. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'etching'

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