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Ruling :: Ruling (a.) Used in marking or engraving lines; as, a ruling machine or pen..

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

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

Gypsography :: Gypsography (n.) The act or art of engraving on gypsum.

V :: V () V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. V and U are only varieties of the same character, U being the cursive form, while V is better adapted for engraving, as in stone. The two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively recent date words containing them were often classed together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see U). The letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a consonant (about like Engli

Xylograph :: Xylograph (n.) An engraving on wood, or the impression from such an engraving; a print by xylography..

Polytype :: Polytype (v. t.) To produce a polytype of; as, to polytype an engraving..

Picture :: Picture (n.) A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors. By extension, a figure; a model..

Lithoglyptics :: Lithoglyptics (n.) The art of cutting and engraving gems.

Delineation :: Delineation (n.) The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively..

Reenter :: Reenter (v. t.) To cut deeper, as engraved lines on a plate of metal, when the engraving has not been deep enough, or the plate has become worn in printing..

Art :: Art (n.) A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation..

Or :: Or (n.) Yellow or gold color, -- represented in drawing or engraving by small dots..

Hyalography :: Hyalography (n.) Art of writing or engraving on glass.

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

Chalcography :: Chalcography (n.) The act or art of engraving on copper or brass, especially of engraving for printing..

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)..

Intaglio :: Intaglio (n.) A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively..

Incuse :: Incuse (v. t.) Cut or stamped in, or hollowed out by engraving..

Burr :: Burr (n.) The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting..

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