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Webster 1913 Edition
Etching
Etch′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See
Etch
, Verb.
T.
2.
A design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching.
3.
An impression on paper, parchment, or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate.
Etching figures
(Min.)
, markings produced on the face of a crystal by the action of an appropriate solvent. They have usually a definite form, and are important as revealing the molecular structure.
– Etching needle
, a sharp-pointed steel instrument with which lines are drawn in the ground or varnish in etching.
– Etching stitch
(Needlework)
, a stitch used outline embroidery.
Webster 1828 Edition
Etching
ETCH'ING
,ppr.
ETCH'ING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
etching
etching
English
Noun
etching (plural etchings)
- (uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.
- (countable) The image created by this process.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter VIII”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
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Derived terms
Translations
art of producing an image
image created by this process
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Verb
etching
- present participle of etch