Wood-engraving
101wood|cut|ting — «WUD KUHT ihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the act or work of cutting down trees for wood. 2. wood engraving. –adj. 1. having to do with or used in woodcutting: »Foresters naturally expect their woodcutting saws to become blunter (New Scientist). 2 …
102engraving — /en gray ving/, n. 1. the act or art of a person who or thing that engraves. 2. the art of forming designs by cutting, corrosion by acids, a photographic process, etc., on the surface of a metal plate, block of wood, or the like, for or as for… …
103Engraving — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Engraving >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 engraving engraving chalcography Sgm: N 1 line engraving line engraving mezzotint engraving stipple engraving chalk engraving Sgm: N 1 dry point dry point bur Sgm: N 1 etching …
104Engraving — A copperplate engraver at work Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or… …
105wood block — noun engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints • Syn: ↑woodcut, ↑wood engraving • Hypernyms: ↑engraving * * * noun 1. : a solid block of wood usually with plane faces 2 …
106engraving — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Art of making designs by etching Nouns 1. engraving; line, mezzotint, or stipple engraving; drypoint, draw point, etching, intaglio, gravure, copperplate, silverpoint; steel or wood engraving; xylography …
107engraving — Synonyms and related words: CYSP sculpture, abstract, abstract art, abstraction, altarpiece, anaglyph, anaglyptics, anaglyptography, aquatint, architectural sculpture, art, art form, artist, arts and crafts, arts of design, autolithograph, bezel …
108Wood — n. 1 a a hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub. b this cut for timber or for fuel, or for use in crafts, manufacture, etc. 2 (in sing. or pl.) growing trees densely occupying a tract of… …
109wood — n. 1 a a hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub. b this cut for timber or for fuel, or for use in crafts, manufacture, etc. 2 (in sing. or pl.) growing trees densely occupying a tract of… …
110wood engraver — noun 1. : an engraver on wood; especially : one that makes wood engravings 2. : engraver beetle * * * wood engraver noun 1. A maker of wood engravings 2. Any of certain beetles that make a pattern of furrows in the wood of trees …
