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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.

Quite mad; -- raving crazy. Did I tell you about Mr. Garrick, that the town are horn-mad after Gray.

An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.

Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious. The cruel, hungry foam. C. Kingsley. Cassius has a lean and hungry look. Shak.

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.

, 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 the…

A gaping after; eager desire; craving. [R.] Bp. Hall.

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.