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Heliogravure :: Heliogravure (n.) The process of photographic engraving.

Vignette :: Vignette (n.) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge..

Glyptographic :: Glyptographic (a.) Relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on precious stones..

Purpure :: Purpure (n.) Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base)..

Celature :: Celature (n.) The act or art of engraving or embossing.

Siderography :: Siderography (n.) The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy..

Scauper :: Scauper (n.) A tool with a semicircular edge, -- used by engravers to clear away the spaces between the lines of an engraving..

Engraving :: Engraving (n.) That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

Photoglyphic :: Photoglyphic (a.) Pertaining to the art of engraving by the action of light.

Anaglyptograph :: Anaglyptograph (n.) An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed..

Glyptics :: Glyptics (n.) The art of engraving on precious stones.

Epigraphy :: Epigraphy (n.) The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them.

Woodcut :: Woodcut (n.) An engraving on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut, under Wood..

Engraving :: Engraving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engrav.

Photoglyphy :: Photoglyphy (n.) Photoglyphic engraving. See under Photoglyphic.

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..

Engravement :: Engravement (n.) Engraving.

Glyptic :: Glyptic (a.) Of or pertaining to gem engraving.

Etching :: Etching (n.) The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See Etch, v. t..

Woodcutting :: Woodcutting (n.) The act or art of engraving on wood.

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