单词 | engrave |
释义 | engravev.ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > sculpt or carve [verb (transitive)] > an image or design carveOE gravec1000 pill1535 engrave1542 scrieve1542 chip1711 whittle1848 chip-carve1903 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 305v For his surname, Cicero, he engraved the figure and proporcion of a cicer. 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (iii.) f. 35v For ye shall make ye no image, saithe the Lorde, nor engraue non, nor set vp non. 1583 J. Lyly Epist. T. Watson in T. Watson Poems (1870) 30 Lysippus engraued Vulcan with a streight legge. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 904/2 The kings my predecessors and ancestors, whose pictures are ingrauen and set heere in order within this hall. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. ix. §1. 370 His Sepulcher remained in S. Hieromes time, and ouer it the Sunne ingrauen. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. ii. 15 Vpon the which..Shall be engrau'd the sacke of Orleance. a. To cut into (a hard material). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] snithec725 carvec1000 cutc1275 slitc1275 hag1294 ritc1300 chop1362 slash1382 cut and carvea1398 flash?a1400 flish?a1400 slenda1400 race?a1425 raise?a1425 razea1425 scotch?c1425 ochec1440 slitec1450 ranch?a1525 scorchc1550 scalp1552 mincea1560 rash?1565 beslash1581 fent1589 engrave1590 nick1592 snip1593 carbonado1596 rescide1598 skice1600 entail1601 chip1609 wriggle1612 insecate1623 carbonate1629 carbonade1634 insecta1652 flick1676 sneg1718 snick1728 slot1747 sneck1817 tame1847 bite- 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. viii. sig. Kk6v That seemes rough Masons hand with engines keene Had long while laboured it to engraue. b. To mark by incisions; to inscribe with incised characters; to ornament with incised marks. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > incising or intaglio > incise (marks or figures) [verb (transitive)] > incise (a surface) writea1325 gravec1374 engrail1548 incise1567 re-engravea1631 engrave1832 intaglio1847 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. E8v Others that yeeld to iron may be Ingraven. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Œnone in Poems (new ed.) 55 Behold this fruit, whose gleaming rind ingrav'n ‘For the most fair’. 1859 S. Smiles Self-help v. 104 To engrave spoons and forks with crests and ciphers. 3. Thesaurus » Categories » a. To carve (an inscription, figures, etc.) upon a surface; hence, to record by engraved or incised letters; also fig. ΚΠ α. β. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. v. 45 Twa syluer coppis schapyn lyke a boyt..and with fyguris ingrave [1553 engraif].1557 New Test. (Geneva) Epist. *iij In all partes of the worlde, he..as it were ingraued the glorie of his might.1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xii. 251 The fatall steele..he waues Deepe in his guts, and wounds on wounds ingraues.1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 41 The old Carver..had ingraven his own Name and Portraiture..in the Shield of Pallas.1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 63 If their Crimes had been ingraven in some Plate of Iron or Brass. View more context for this quotation1738 J. Wesley Short Hymns (1762) I. 355 Ingraven with an iron pen My name upon Thy hands is seen.1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 42 A golden aple with this poysee written or engraved about it. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 42 We have perfecte knowelage of no more then is engraven in our memorie. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 24 The first & extremest ribbes..haue likewise lesser cauities or gutters, to their substaunce engraued. 1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. I4v But we shall soone with our fine tempered swords, Engraue our prowesse on their buganets. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iii. 127 The Decemvirall lawes..they set up openly to be seene, engraven in brasse. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. ii. 11 As he had engraven upon his wife's tomb. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 116 His coat of arms engraved upon the seal. 1856 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 10 May in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. iv. 18 A cross engraven along its whole length. c. fig. To impress deeply; to fix indelibly. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > fix the attention, concentrate [verb (transitive)] > implant, fix set971 fixc1430 engrave1509 settle1560 inviscerate1626 arresta1667 α. β. 1513 T. More Richard III (1641) 240 By love or by grudge ingraved and imprinted in your heart.1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 2 And in your dreadfull verse ingrau'd the prophecies.a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. vii. §2. 52 It is naturally ingrauen into the mindes of all men, to beleeue There is a God.a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 115 A Prince's Name is surer preserved, and more deeply ingraven in Paper, than in..rusting Medals.1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xxx. xii In my mynde..I had engraved Her goodly countenaunce. 1633 G. Herbert Nature in Temple iii O smooth my rugged heart, and there Engrave thy rev'rend law. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 27 Whose penetrating style has engraved..in our hearts, the words and spirit of that immortal law. View more context for this quotation 1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Musical Form iii. 30 To engrave them on his memory. 4. To represent (a figure, landscape, etc.) by lines incised upon metal plates (in mod. use, also by lines carved in relief on wood blocks) with the view of reproducing it by printing. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > engrave [verb (transitive)] cut1600 gravea1631 point1662 engrave1667 sculp1683 1667 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 199 Cause the best of your statues..to be..engraven in copper. 1683 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 132 Whether he designs to engrave and publish any of those icons. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 59 He hath caused distinct Maps to be made of every Barony..engraven in Copper. 1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (O.H.S.) II. 20 Dr. Sacheverell's Picture has been ingrav'd several Times. 1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. Advt. Prospects of the Church and Monuments curiously engraven. 1821 Turner's Easy Introd. Arts & Sci. (ed. 18) 73 How do people engrave on wood? 1827–32 J. M. W. Turner (title) Picturesque Views in England and Wales, engraved by the best artists. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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