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View synonyms for line engraving

line engraving

noun

  1. a technique of engraving in which all effects are produced by variations in the width and density of lines incised with a burin.
  2. a metal plate so engraved.
  3. a print or picture made from it.


line-engraving

noun

  1. the art or process of hand-engraving in intaglio and copper plate
  2. a plate so engraved
  3. a print taken from such a plate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈline-enˌgraver, noun
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Other Words From

  • line engraver noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of line engraving1

First recorded in 1800–10
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Example Sentences

Such simple line engravings had become a staple.

From Nature

A mariner's card, set into the opening with a metal vernier scale, is in the usual form of the mariner's compass card of the 18th century; it is executed as a line engraving.

Rembrandt was more directly associated with etching than with line engraving, but his influence was far from exclusive.

His inclinations in early life turned to the stage; but his true path was line engraving.

Dry-point, a method of engraving generally regarded as part of etching, but more closely allied to line engraving.

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