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etching
[ ech-ing ]
noun
- the act or process of making designs or pictures on a metal plate, glass, etc., by the corrosive action of an acid instead of by a burin.
- an impression, as on paper, taken from an etched plate.
- the design so produced.
- a metal plate bearing such a design.
etching
/ ˈɛtʃɪŋ /
noun
- the art, act, or process of preparing etched surfaces or of printing designs from them
- an etched plate
- an impression made from an etched plate
etching
- An artistic print made from a plate on which the artist has etched a design with acid. ( Compare engraving .)
Example Sentences
He had customized his new gun by etching in the words “better off this way” and “my ELF weapon.”
Celluloid is to Dean what oil paint is to Titian or etching to Whistler.
Stranger still, artist Mark Evans originally created the leather etching for Campbell herself, to benefit her own charity.
The Pablo Picasso etching had stalled at a bid of $5,400, barely above its low estimate.
That day, I walked by the Vietnam Memorial and people were etching names on to front pages of newspapers.
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
The two walked along under the trees, which cast etching-like shadows in the broad moonlight, and neither talked much.
The edge of the tray or plate may be decorated either by piercing, embossing, etching, or enameling.
Its drooping knotted threads also make a pretty etching upon the winter snow.
It is advantageous to repeat the mopping-on process at intervals during the etching.
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