Synonyms for engraving
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : en-grey-ving |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈgreɪ vɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for engraving Other synonyms for the word engraving
Définition of engraving
Origin :- late 15c. (implied in ingraved), from en- (1) + obsolete verb grave "carve" (see grave (v.)). Related: Engraved; engraving.
- noun carving of letters or design into something
- Some lines of his on the lyre became the motto of an engraving by Bartolozzi.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- So he turned to Antoine, who had remained seated in front of a block he was engraving.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- I have stopped the mouths of all the painters who used to say that I was good at engraving but, as to painting.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- He was induced to commence the engraving by the following circumstance.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- No conception can be formed of this picture from the engraving.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- An engraving of the sketch, by Henry Meyer, is dated April, 1819.
- Extract from : « The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Engraving on copper, invented in 1406, multiplied and diffused them.
- Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
- He bent his head to read the engraving on the top of the barrel.
- Extract from : « Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective » by Ellis Parker Butler
- The engraving will give a better idea of this stitch than any description we could give.
- Extract from : « The Ladies' Work-Table Book » by Anonymous
- In our engraving a pretty meeting of these creatures is represented.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 31, 1880 » by Various
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