cross-hatchv.
To engrave or hatch a surface with parallel lines in two series crossing each other; esp. to shade an engraving or drawing by this method.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > engrave [verb (transitive)] > hatch
hatch1601
counter-hatch1662
cross-hatch1860
1860 G. A. Sala Hogarth ii, in Cornhill Mag. Mar. 271 A certain kind of cross-hatching went out with Albert Durer.
1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age vi. 81 Such cross-hatchings..seem to be confined to the lowland districts.
Derivatives
ˈcross-ˌhatch n. = cross-hatching.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > [noun] > representation of colour > hatching
hatcha1650
hatchinga1650
counter-hatch1662
counter-hatching1662
cross-hatching1822
cross-hatch1860
tint1880
1860 G. A. Sala Hogarth ii, in Cornhill Mag. Mar. 271 With the engravers, the ‘cross-hatch’ and the ‘double cypher’..were secrets.
ˈcross-ˌhatched adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > [adjective] > hatched
hatched1608
cross-hatched1888
1888 W. E. Henley Bk. Verses 46 The long lines of lofty, gray houses! Cross hatched with shadow and light.
ˈcross-ˌhatcher n. one who executes cross-hatching.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > drawer or designer > in specific manner or medium
pastel painter1853
cross-hatcher1870
pastellist1881
crayonist1884
1870 Spectator 19 Nov. 1384 All the stipplers and cross-hatchers in England.
ˈcross-ˌhatching n. the process of marking with crossing sets of parallel lines; the effect so produced.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > [noun] > representation of colour > hatching
hatcha1650
hatchinga1650
counter-hatch1662
counter-hatching1662
cross-hatching1822
cross-hatch1860
tint1880
1822 T. Bewick Mem. 239 Some impressions from wood-cuts done long ago, with cross-hatching.
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