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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

He realized that he could pick up books like Birds of America or Picturesque America cheaply, and by cutting out the wood and steel engravings and sell them separately, and make a tidy profit.

Any form of decoration with a colonial theme, like steel engravings showing Adonis-like black slaves hauling cane.

It was a steel engraving of an oval building with rectangular windows, and a small tower in front.

But you may find an excellent steel engraving of it, by Copley Fielding, full of accomplishment, elegance and taste, and published by the London Art Union.

He disliked steel engravings, or any plan to cheapen or popularize art.

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