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cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave. I on thy grave this epitaph incise. T. Carew.

Cut in; carved; engraved.

In an incised manner.

Incised nearly to the midrob; as, a cleft leaf.

Having a variously cut or incised margin; -- said of leaves.

The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the 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 patte…

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

A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.

The art, process, or method of decorating metal with incised designs filled with the black alloy.

or which is hard, translucent, of a gray or bluish color, and emits a creaking sound when incised. [Sometimes incorrectly written schirrus; written also skirrhus.]

o ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines. [Sailor's cant. U.S.]

lky oak (Bot.), a lofty Australian tree (Grevillea robusta) with silky tomentose lobed or incised leaves. It furnishes a valuable timber.