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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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