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steel engraving

noun

, Printing.
  1. a method of incising letters, designs, etc., on steel.
  2. the imprint, as on paper, from a plate of engraved steel.


steel engraving

noun

    1. a method or art of engraving (letters, etc) on a steel plate
    2. a print made 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of steel engraving1

First recorded in 1815–25
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Example Sentences

From a steel engraving framed in rosewood that hangs in my Uncle Wilkinson's parlour.

Dr. Hoffman had given Margaret a beautifully bound copy of Mrs. Hemans's poems, and the steel engraving in the front was handsome.

It was Martha Foote's theory that a hotel housekeeper, dressed for work, ought to be as inconspicuous as a steel engraving.

She herself was dressed in black, probably as she is represented in the well-known English steel engraving of her.

The steel engraving herself sat there, as if to superintend, occasionally asking for the elucidation of a point.

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