engraving : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: engraving	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for engraving
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
engraving n a print made from an engraving a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them Synonym(s): engraving, etching
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Engrave \En*grave"\, v. t. [imp. {Engraved}; p. p. {Engraved} or {Engraven}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Engraving}.] [Pref. en- + grave to carve: cf. OF. engraver.] 1. To cut in; to make by incision. [Obs.] Full many wounds in his corrupted flesh He did engrave. --Spenser. 2. To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions. Like . . . . a signet thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel. --Ex. xxviii. 11. 3. To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription. 4. To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver. Engrave principles in men's minds. --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Engraving \Engrav"ing\, n. 1. 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 pattern or design may be printed on paper. 2. That which is engraved; an engraved plate. 3. An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print. Note: Engraving on wood is called xylography; on copper, chalcography; on stone lithography. Engravings or prints take from wood blocks are usually called wood cuts, those from stone, lithographs.