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Aquatinta
noun · 78% connection
A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, semicircular, edge, engravers, clear.
Azure
noun · 78% connection
A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, semicircular, edge, engravers, clear.
Block
verb · 78% connection
A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, semicircular, edge, engravers, clear.
Box
noun · 78% connection
A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, semicircular, edge, engravers, clear.
Burin
noun · 78% connection
The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, semicircular, edge, engravers, clear.
Burr
noun · 78% connection
The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, semicircular, edge, engravers, clear.
Chalcography
noun · 78% connection
The act or art of engraving on copper or brass, especially of engraving for printing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, semicircular, edge, engravers, clear.
Clear
adjective · 78% connection
readily apparent to the mind; "a clear and present danger"; "a clear explanation"; "a clear case of murder"; "a clear indication that…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, semicircular, edge, engravers, clear.
Cradle
noun · 78% connection
A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, semicircular, edge, engravers, clear.
Creux
noun · 78% connection
Used in English only in the expression en creux. Thus, engraving en creux is engraving in intaglio, or by sinking or hollowing out the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, semicircular, edge, engravers, clear.
Crosshatching
noun · 78% connection
In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, semicircular, edge, engravers, clear.
Dabber
noun · 78% connection
That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, semicircular, edge, engravers, clear.
Delineate
verb · 78% connection
To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, semicircular, edge, engravers, clear.
Delineation
noun · 78% connection
The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, semicircular, edge, engravers, clear.
Dispel
verb · 78% connection
To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, semicircular, edge, engravers, clear.
Engraved
adjective · 78% connection
Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, semicircular, edge, engravers, clear.
Engraving
noun · 78% connection
The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of pro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, semicircular, edge, engravers, clear.
Enmanche
adjective · 78% connection
Resembling, or covered with, a sleeve; -- said of the chief when lines are drawn from the middle point of the upper edge upper edge to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tool, semicircular, edge, engravers, clear.
