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The act, process, or art, of graving or carving; engraving. Either of picture or gravery and embossing. Holland.

The act or art of engraving on gypsum.

A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.

An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.

Having, consisting of, or pertaining to, half tones; specif. (Photo-engraving),

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.

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.

r, 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 th…

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.

rrounding 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 eng…

An engraving on a gem.

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