Etch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Etch	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Etch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
etch v make an etching of; "He etched her image into the surface" cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible; "a face etched with pain"; "the leafless branches etched against the sky" carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter" Synonym(s): engrave, etch carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" Synonym(s): engrave, etch selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Etch \Etch\, n. A variant of {Eddish}. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Etch \Etch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Etched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Etching}.] [D. etsen, G. [84]tzen to feed, corrode, etch. MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen [?][?]. See {Eat}.] 1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid. Note: The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then scored or scratched with a needle, or similar instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the lines thus laid bare. 2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal. I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875. --Hamerton. 3. To sketch; to delineate. [R.] There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch out their system. --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Etch \Etch\, v. i. To practice etching; to make etchings.