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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An engraving on wood.
  2. n. An impression from a woodblock.
  3. v. To print from a wood engraving.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. An engraving on wood.
  2. n. An impression or print from a wood-block. In both senses the term is most commonly applied to old work, especially to that of the very earliest period.
  3. n. A mechanical copy of the grain of wood, executed by a method of nature-printing, and used as a surface decoration. The wood to be copied is treated chemically so that the grain remains in relief and serves to give an impression in a suitable pigment.

Wiktionary

  1. n. An engraving in wood, especially one used for printing.
  2. n. A print taken from an engraving in wood.
  3. v. transitive To make a print from an engraving in wood.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. An engraving on wood, or the impression from such an engraving; a print by xylography.

Etymologies

  1. Back-formation from xylography, corresponding to xylo- ("wood") + -graph. (Wiktionary)

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  1. woodcut

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  1. xylo-

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  1. printing

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  • reesetee An engraving on wood or an impression made from a wood block. Feb 24, 2008

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