line engraving love

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A metal plate, used in intaglio printing, on the surface of which design lines have been engraved by hand.
  • noun The process of making such an engraving.
  • noun A print made from such an engraving.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The process of engraving in lines: commonly synonymous with steel or copperplate engraving. See engraving.
  • noun An engraved plate, or a print representing its subject chiefly or wholly by lines.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines of different width and closeness, cut with the burin upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so engraved.
  • noun A picture produced by printing from such an engraving.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a print obtained from a line drawing
  • noun engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or engraved

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