(in engraving etc)
11rock engraving — /ˈrɒk ɛngreɪvɪŋ/ (say rok engrayving) noun a figure, design, etc., engraved into a rock, usually simple in style and often of religious significance; petroglyph …
12steel engraving — /stil ənˈgreɪvɪŋ/ (say steel uhn grayving) noun Printing 1. a method of incising (letters, designs, etc.) on steel. 2. the imprint, as on paper, from a plate of engraved steel …
13Etching — For other uses of etch or etching, see Etching (disambiguation), for the history of the method, see old master prints. The Soldier and his Wife. Etching by Daniel Hopfer, who is believed to have been the first to apply the technique to… …
14intaglio — /in tal yoh, tahl /; It. /een tah lyaw/, n., pl. intaglios, It. intagli / tah lyee/, v. n. 1. incised carving, as opposed to carving in relief. 2. ornamentation with a figure or design sunk below the surface. 3. a gem, seal, piece of jewelry, or… …
15proof — /pruf / (say proohf) noun 1. evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth. 2. anything serving as such evidence. 3. the act of testing or making trial of anything; test; a trial: to put a thing to the proof …
16proof — n., adj., & v. n. 1 facts, evidence, argument, etc. establishing or helping to establish a fact (proof of their honesty; no proof that he was there). 2 Law the spoken or written evidence in a trial. 3 a demonstration or act of proving (not… …
17publish — v.tr. 1 (also absol.) (of an author, publisher, etc.) prepare and issue (a book, newspaper, engraving, etc.) for public sale. 2 make generally known. 3 announce (an edict etc.) formally; read (marriage banns). 4 Law communicate (a libel etc.) to… …
18stipple — stippler, n. /stip euhl/, v., stippled, stippling, n. v.t. 1. to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches. n. Also, stippling. 2. the method of painting, engraving, etc., by stippling. 3. stippled work; a painting, engraving, or… …
19stipple — /ˈstɪpəl / (say stipuhl) verb (t) (stippled, stippling) 1. to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches. –noun Also, stippling. 2. the method of painting, engraving, etc., by stippling. 3. stippled work; a painting, engraving, or… …
20needle — /ˈnidl / (say needl) noun 1. a small, slender, pointed instrument, now usually of polished steel, with an eye or hole for thread, used in sewing. 2. a slender, rodlike implement for use in knitting, or one hooked at the end for use in crocheting …
