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line engraving
noun
a technique of engraving in which all effects are produced by variations in the width and density of lines incised with a burin.
a metal plate so engraved.
a print or picture made from it.
line-engraving
noun
the art or process of hand-engraving in intaglio and copper plate
a plate so engraved
a print taken from such a plate
Other 51Թ Forms
- line engraver noun
- ˈԱ-ˌ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of line engraving1
Example Sentences
Such simple line engravings had become a staple.
A mariner's card, set into the opening with a metal vernier scale, is in the usual form of the mariner's compass card of the 18th century; it is executed as a line engraving.
Rembrandt was more directly associated with etching than with line engraving, but his influence was far from exclusive.
His inclinations in early life turned to the stage; but his true path was line engraving.
Dry-point, a method of engraving generally regarded as part of etching, but more closely allied to line engraving.
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