3 definitions found
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 \En*grav"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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
engraving
n 1: a print made from an engraving
2: a block or plate that has been engraved
3: making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from
them [syn: {etching}]
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