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Woodcutter :: Woodcutter (n.) An engraver on wood.

Exergue :: Exergue (n.) The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin or medal. It usually contains the date, place, engraver's name, etc., or other subsidiary matter..

Style :: Style (v. t.) A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.

Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.

Engravery :: Engravery (n.) The trade or work of an engraver.

Burin :: Burin (n.) The manner or style of execution of an engraver; as, a soft burin; a brilliant burin..

Point :: Point (n.) An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; -- called also pointer..

Chalcographist :: Chalcographist (n.) An engraver on copper or brass; hence, an engraver of copper plates for printing upon paper..

Engrave :: Engrave (v. t.) To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver..

Roulette :: Roulette (n.) A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to produce rows of dots.

Monogram :: Monogram (n.) A character or cipher composed of two or more letters interwoven or combined so as to represent a name, or a part of it (usually the initials). Monograms are often used on seals, ornamental pins, rings, buttons, and by painters, engravers, etc., to distinguish their works..

Graver :: Graver (n.) An ergraving or cutting tool; a burin.

Dactylioglyph :: Dactylioglyph (n.) An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments.

Cipher :: Cipher (n.) A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc. The cut represents the initials N. W..

Gravery :: Gravery (n.) The act, process, or art, of graving or carving; engraving..

Dactylioglyph :: Dactylioglyph (n.) The inscription of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem.

Engraver :: Engraver (n.) One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood..

Line :: Line (n.) A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line..

Photoxylography :: Photoxylography (n.) The process of producing a representation of an object on wood, by photography, for the use of the wood engraver..

Box :: Box (n.) A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc..

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