Wood-engraver

  • 101engraver — n lithographer, graver, etcher; lapidary, lapidarist, chalcographer, glyphographer, wood engraver, xylographer, cerographist; carver, sculptor …

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  • 102wood engraving — noun 1》 a print made from a finely detailed design cut into the end grain of a block of wood. 2》 the technique of making such prints. Derivatives wood engraver noun …

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  • 103Engraver — En*grav er, n. One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 104Engraver —    Heb. harash (Ex. 35:35; 38:23) means properly an artificer in wood, stone, or metal. The chief business of the engraver was cutting names or devices on rings and seals and signets (Ex. 28:11, 21, 36; Gen. 38:18) …

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  • 105engraver — [[t]ɪngre͟ɪvə(r)[/t]] engravers N COUNT An engraver is someone who cuts designs or words on metal, glass, or wood …

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  • 106engraver beetle — noun : any of numerous bark beetles that make furrows often arranged in specific patterns in the wood of trees under the bark; especially : a beetle of Scolytus or a related genus that lives chiefly on young trees compare dendroctonus * * *… …

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  • 107Robert Wood — may refer to:*Robert Wood (Australian politician), Australian politician *Robert Wood (engraver), English civil servant and politician *Robert Wood (psychologist and writer), British psychologist and writer *Robert Wood (timber merchant),… …

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  • 108box|wood — «BOKS WUD», noun. 1. the hard, fine grained wood of the box, much used for wood engraver s blocks, and for musical and mathematical instruments. 2. the tree or shrub itself. 3. any one of various shrubs or trees with a hard, compact wood, such as …

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  • 109William Maxwell (engraver) — William Maxwell (c. 1766 ndash; September 10, 1809) was the first engraver to publish a newspaper in Cincinnati, Ohio. The paper was called the Centinel of the Northwest Territory , and the first issue was published on Saturday, November 9, 1793 …

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  • 110Aix sponsa — Wood Wood, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.] [1913 Webster] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; frequently …

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