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To engrave; to inscribe. [R.] These trees shall be my books. And in their barks my thoughts I 'll character. Shak.

To engrave or imprint. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

One who chases or engraves. See 5th Chase, and Enchase.

Engraved by a voltaic battary.

One of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press.

To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue.

g of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc. The cut represents the initials N. W.

ire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champlevé enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel. S. Wells Williams.

A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing is engraved.

To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off. I like the work well; ere it be demanded (As like enough it will), I'd have it copied. Shak.…

osition as that of plate from which the first was printed, the object being to enable the engraver to inspect the state of the plate. -- Counter revolution, a revolution opposed to a former one, and restoring a former state of things. -- Counter revolutionist, one engaged in, or befriending, a counter revolution. --…

A gem engraved, or a plate embossed in low relief, for inlaying a vase or other object.

An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts.

That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink.

An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments.

An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc.

h; transgression; offense. [R.] Then my digression is so vile, so base, That it will live engraven in my face. Shak.

A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines.

That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

oll a decree or a law; also, reflexively, to enlist. An unwritten law of common right, so engraven in the hearts of our ancestors, and by them so constantly enjoyed and claimed, as that it needed not enrolling. Milton. All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves. Prescott.