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Mezzotint :: Mezzotint (n.) A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced..

Roughen :: Roughen (v. i.) To grow or become rough.

Rough :: Rough (v. t.) To render rough; to roughen.

Frost :: Frost (v. t.) To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather..

Roughen :: Roughen (v. t.) To make rough.

Graining :: Graining (n.) Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins..

Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along..

Muricated :: Muricated (a.) Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or of pickles; covered, or roughened, as a surface, with sharp points or excrescences..

Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface..

Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like..

Flock :: Flock (v. t.) To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock..

Roughened :: Roughened (imp. & p. p.) of Roughe.

Roulette :: Roulette (n.) A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint..

Roughening :: Roughening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Roughe.

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