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Mezzotint
Mez′zo-tint
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
mezzo-tinto
.] A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced.
Mez′zo-tint
,Verb.
T.
To engrave in mezzotint.
Definition 2025
mezzotint
mezzotint
English
An early 18th-century mezzotint by George White of Erasmus Smith (baptised 1611; died 1691), an English merchant, landowner and philanthropist in the field of education
Alternative forms
- (dated) mezzotinto
Noun
mezzotint (plural mezzotints)
- a form of intaglio etching in which a metal plate is roughened evenly and then smoothed to bring out an image
- an etching or print made using this method
Verb
mezzotint (third-person singular simple present mezzotints, present participle mezzotinting, simple past and past participle mezzotinted)
- to make such etchings