单词 | engraving |
释义 | engravingn. 1. The action of engrave v.; the art of the engraver. ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1552 |
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