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单词 engraving
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engravingn.

Brit. /ᵻnˈɡreɪvɪŋ/, /ɛnˈɡreɪvɪŋ/, /ᵻŋˈɡreɪvɪŋ/, /ɛŋˈɡreɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ᵻnˈɡreɪvɪŋ/, /ɛnˈɡreɪvɪŋ/
Etymology: < engrave v. + -ing suffix1.
1. The action of engrave v.; the art of the engraver.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun]
entailc1300
sculpture1390
carving1531
engraving1552
statuary1563
engravery1566
insculption1599
scalpture1656
tomice1662
manusculpture1704
tooling1815
sculpturing1842
sculpting1876
mudding1892
machine sculpture1970
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > [noun]
engravery1566
gravery1601
engravement1604
engravening1645
graving1646
sculpture1661
sculping1683
engraving1697
engravure1716
re-engraving1772
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Ingrauynge.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 569 There is in marble of his portraying and ingrauing, an old woman drunken.
1697 S. Patrick Comm. Exod. (xxxii. 4) 632 Interpreters take it [sc. the Hebrew word cheret] here for an Instrument of Engraving.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. 397 The elegance of his designs and engraving.
1837 Penny Cycl. IX. 439/2 In Germany engraving made more rapid strides towards excellence.
2. concrete. That which is engraved; an engraved figure or inscription. rare. †Also figurative a deep impression (e.g. on the mind).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > incising or intaglio > [noun] > incised work
intagliature1599
engraving1611
sculpture1616
intaglioc1660
glyphic1716
glyph1825
lithoglyph1842
1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xxviii. 11 The worke of an engrauer in stone; like the engrauings of a signet. View more context for this quotation
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. vii. 355 The Fall of Man did [not] wholly raze out the Engravings of those common Notions.
1765 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 4) III. iv. v. 325 It appears..from the engravings on Aaron's breast plate, that letters were in common use.
1884 Cyclist 13 Feb. 243/1 Beautiful specimens of Doulton's ware, salad bowls and servers, with silver mounts and a suitable engraving.
3. An impression from an engraved plate.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > [noun] > an engraving
cut1646
sculpture1654
plate1663
engraving1803
1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 187 Two painted Engravings of Cow-Pock and other Eruptions.
1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 224 It was not until the latter part of the sixteenth century that engravings on copper were used as embellishments for books in England.
1860 G. A. Sala Hogarth 117 A handsome cabinet of paintings, drawings, and engravings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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