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To deposit in the grave; to bury. [Obs.] "Their corses to engrave." Spenser.

Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving.

Engraved work. [R.] Barrow.

One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood.

The trade or work of an engraver. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

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

To engrave anew.

A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.

To bury; also, to engrave. [Obs.] Gower.

A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.

A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.

A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types.

ee varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc. Box elder, the ash-leaved maple (Negundo aceroides), of North America. -- Box holly, the butcher's broom (Russus aculeatus). -- Box thorn, a shrub (Lycium barbarum). -- Box tree,…

A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.

f richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod.

The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble.

as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave. Carved with figures strange and sweet. Coleridge.

That which is engraved. [Obs.] Hakewill.

An engraver on copper or brass; hence, an engraver of copper plates for printing upon paper.

Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enameled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; -- said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are afterward fired; also, designating the process of making such enamel work. --n.…