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A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also crosshatching.

The process of photographic engraving.

To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate. "Trees rudely hollowed." Dryden.

Art of writing or engraving on glass.

An engraving or other picture or illustration for a book.

k, metal plate, or the like. Proof impression, one of the early impressions taken from an engraving, before the plate or block is worn.

Cut or stamped in, or hollowed out by engraving. "Irregular incuse square." Dr. W. Smith.

per, a variety of Chinese paper, of smooth but not glossy surface, used for printing from engravings, woodcuts, etc. -- India proof (Engraving), a proof impression from an engraved plate, taken on India paper. -- India rubber. See Caoutchouc. -- India-rubber tree (Bot.), any tree yielding caoutchouc, but especially…

An engraving, carving, or inscription. [Obs.] On his gravestone this insculpture. Shak.

A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively.

Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation.

surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration. Golden legend. See under Golden.

, of Florida and the West Indies. It is marked by narrow, dark, revolving lines. -- Line engraving. (a) Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines of different width and closeness, cut with the burin upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so engraved. (b) A picture produced by printing from such an e…

An engraving on a gem.

Of or pertaining to the art of cutting and engraving precious stones.

The art of cutting and engraving gems.

A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced.

An instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.

Yellow or gold color, -- represented in drawing or engraving by small dots.

To engrave by a photomechanical process; to make a photo- engraving of. -- Pho`to-en*grav"er (#), n.