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Engraving.

The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them.

The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See Etch, v. t.

The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music. The first quality of execution is truth. Ruskin.

To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe. A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines. Sir W. Scott.

Discolored or stained; -- said of timber, and also of the paper of books or engravings.

Mad; raving; furious; violent; wild and disorderly; distracted. Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed! Shak. Torrents of frantic abuse. Macaulay. -- Fran"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Fran"tic*ly, adv. Shak. -- Fran"tic*ness, n. Johnson.

A ravine. See Gill a woody glen. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Wordsworth.

To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy. His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice, Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes. Dryden. The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace. C. Kingsley. To glut…

Of or pertaining to gem engraving.

The art of engraving on precious stones.

Relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on precious stones. [R.]

The art or process of engraving on precious stones. [R.]

The practice of illustrating a particular book by engravings collected from other books.

An optical instrument for magnifying engravings, photographs, etc., usually having one large lens and two smaller ones.

To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.

An ergraving or cutting tool; a burin.

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

A ravine, or part of the deep bed of a torrent when dry; a gully.

The act or art of engraving on gypsum.