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ˈwheel-engraving
[f. wheel n. + engraving vbl. n.]
The art or craft of engraving patterns, etc., on glass by means of a rotating copper wheel and an abrasive mixture of emery and oil, sand and water, or the like.
1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 946/1 Wheel Engraving... As distinguished from sand-blast engraving or acid etching. See Glass Engraving. 1929W. Buckley Diamond Engraved Glasses of 16th Cent. 8 Wheel engraving became common before the end of the 17th century and superseded the use of the diamond as the usual method of engraving glasses. 1957Encycl. Brit. X. 413/1 By the end of the [17th] century this type of diamond point work was superseded in popularity by wheel engraving. 1975Oxf. Compan. Decorative Arts 403/2 English glass..was greatly in demand in the Netherlands for the flourishing school of wheel-engraving in the German manner.
Hence (as a back-formation) ˈwheel-engrave v. trans.; also ˈwheel-engraved ppl. a.; ˈwheel-engraver.
1926B. Rackham in W. Buckley European Glass p. x, The wonderful skill of technique shown in the finest German wheel-engraved glasses may make up..for the loss of nobility involved. 1937Burlington Mag. Nov. 221/1 The lines are crudely wheel-engraved. 1961E. M. Elville Collector's Dict. Glass 55/2 There are quite a number of diamond point and wheel engravers today who have constant employment in such work. 1972Country Life 30 Nov. 1499/1 A later tumbler in the same sale was wheel-engraved with a bust portrait of Prince Charles Edward. 1979Homes & Gardens June 83/1 Often these declare their purpose at a glance, with wheel-engraved patterns of the ale brewer's hop leaves and barley. |