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Webster 1913 Edition

(rē-bīt′ĭng)

Noun.

(Etching)

The act or process of deepening worn lines in an etched plate by submitting it again to the action of acid.

Fairholt.

rebiting ‎(countable and uncountable, plural rebitings)

The process of deepening worn lines in an etched plate by submitting it to the action of acid again.
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