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steel engraving
noun
, Printing.
- a method of incising letters, designs, etc., on steel.
- the imprint, as on paper, from a plate of engraved steel.
steel engraving
noun
- a method or art of engraving (letters, etc) on a steel plate
- a print made from such a plate
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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.
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Dr. Hoffman had given Margaret a beautifully bound copy of Mrs. Hemans's poems, and the steel engraving in the front was handsome.
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It was Martha Foote's theory that a hotel housekeeper, dressed for work, ought to be as inconspicuous as a steel engraving.
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She herself was dressed in black, probably as she is represented in the well-known English steel engraving of her.
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The steel engraving herself sat there, as if to superintend, occasionally asking for the elucidation of a point.
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