Found 3 items, similar to Engraving.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: engraving gravir, semulur, ulur-uluran
English → English (WordNet) Definition: engraving engraving n 1: a print made from an engraving 2: a block or plate that has been engraved 3: making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them [syn: etching]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Engraving Engrave \En*grave"\, v. t. [imp. Engraved; p. p. Engraved or Engraven; p. pr. & vb. n. Engraving.] [Pref. en- + grave to carve: cf. OF. engraver.] 1. To cut in; to make by incision. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Full many wounds in his corrupted flesh He did engrave. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions. [1913 Webster] Like . . . . a signet thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel. --Ex. xxviii. 11. [1913 Webster] 3. To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription. [1913 Webster] 4. To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver. [1913 Webster] Engrave principles in men's minds. --Locke. [1913 Webster] Engraving \En*grav"ing\, n. 1. The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is engraved; an engraved plate. [1913 Webster] 3. An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print. [1913 Webster] Note: Engraving on wood is called xylography; on copper, chalcography; on stone lithography. Engravings or prints take from wood blocks are usually called wood cuts, those from stone, lithographs. [1913 Webster]