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Etch

A variant of Eddish.

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Verb group 8

Engrave 84% connected

To deposit in the grave; to bury.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Engrave 84% connected

To deposit in the grave; to bury.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Grave 84% connected

To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for t…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Grave 84% connected

To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for t…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Inscribe 84% connected

To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Inscribe 84% connected

To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Scratch 84% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Scratch 84% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 2

Aquatint 76% connected

Alt. of Aquatinta

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stipple 76% connected

To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 4

Carve 76% connected

To cut.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dissolve 76% connected

To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to term…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Print 76% connected

To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Etcher 74% connected

One who etches.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Etcher 74% connected

One who etches.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entails 2

Corrode 72% connected

To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rust 72% connected

The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Engrave 92% connected

To deposit in the grave; to bury.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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