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Sketching :: Sketching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sketc.

Etch :: Etch (v. t.) To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal..

Retching :: Retching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retc.

Etching :: Etching (v. t.) An impression on paper, parchment, or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate..

Reach :: Reach (v. t.) Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship..

Stretch :: Stretch (n.) Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination..

Galvanography :: Galvanography (n.) A method of producing by means of electrotyping process (without etching) copperplates which can be printed from in the same manner as engraved plates.

Aquatinta :: Aquatinta (n.) 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..

Expander :: Expander (n.) Anything which causes expansion esp. (Mech.) a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc..

Etch :: Etch (v. i.) To practice etching; to make etchings.

Suspire :: Suspiration (n.) The act of sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath; a deep respiration; a sigh..

Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) An instrument for stretching boots or gloves.

Tenter :: Tenter (n.) A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square..

Distention :: Distention (n.) The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs..

Drawing :: Drawing (n.) The process of stretching or spreading metals as by hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies..

Damasken :: Damasken (v.) To decorate, as iron, steel, etc., with a peculiar marking or water produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced by inlaying or incrusting with another metal, as silver or gold, or by etching, etc., to damask..

Mordant :: Mordant (n.) Any corroding substance used in etching.

Ground :: Ground (v. t.) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching (see Ground, n., 5); or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament..

Glyphography :: Glyphography (n.) A process similar to etching, in which, by means of voltaic electricity, a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can be used to print from..

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