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The act of cleaning a ship's bottom. Graving dock. (Naut.) See under Dock.

The art or process of engraving by means of electricity.

he art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.

The process of obtaining an etched or engraved plate from the photographic image, to be used in printing; also, a picture produced by such a process.

An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed. Brande & C.

Of or pertaining to anaglyptography; as, analyptographic engraving.

The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.

hich an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method.

t silver, or, figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness; -- represented in engraving by a plain white surface. Weale.

contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation. Science is systematized knowledge . . . Art is knowledge made efficient by skill. J. F. Genung.

The relation of some employment or action; occupied with; as, at engraving; at husbandry; at play; at work; at meat (eating); except at puns.

A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.

ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.

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.

The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting. The graver, in plowing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs. Tomlinson.

Art of producing metal decorative work other than statuary, as reliefs, intaglios, engraving, chasing, etc.

To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, to carve a name on a tree. An angel carved in stone. Tennyson. We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone. C. Wolfe.

The act or art of engraving or embossing.

A printing process of engraving on a surface of wax spread on a steel plate, for electrotyping.

The act or art of engraving on copper or brass, especially of engraving for printing.