hyalography

[ hahy-uh-log-ruh-fee ]

noun

1. the technique of writing or engraving on glass.

Other Words From

• hya·logra·pher noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hyalography¹

hyalo- + -graphy

Example Sentences

With forty-six plates in line-engraving, mezzotint, photogravure, hyalography, and wood engraving   London   Macmillan and Co . . .

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Associated words: vitrifacture, vitrifaction, vitrics, vitrify, vitriform, vitrified, vitrifiable, vitric, devitrify, devitrification, glazier, glazing, crizzel, invitrifiable vitreous, vitrescent, vitrescence, hyalography. glasses, n. pl. spectacles, eye-glasses, pince-nez, goggles, blinkers, barnacles, lorgnette, louchettes. glassy, a. vitreous, crystalline, transparent, crystal.

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