2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aquatint \A"qua*tint\, Aquatinta \A`qua*tin"ta\, n. [It.
acquatinta dyed water; acqua (L. aqua) water + tinto, fem.
tinta, dyed. See {Tint}.]
A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of
aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a
drawing in water colors or India ink; also the engraving
produced by this method.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
aquatint
n 1: an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water
color
2: a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a
water color
v : etch in aquatint
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