etchingn.

Brit.

/ˈɛtʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɛtʃɪŋ/

Etymology: < etch v.² + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of etch v.¹; the art of the etcher.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > etching

etching1634

etch1896

1634 J. Bate Myst. Nature & Art 140 Etching is an imitation of Engraving, but more speedily performed.

a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) III. 459 The art of etching, whereby copper and silver plates may be enriched with figures.

1772 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (new ed.) VIII. 346 Prince Rupert..was the inventor of etching.

1845 J. Pye Patron. Brit. Art ii. 50 Etching is not my profession.

a. concrete. A copy or representation produced by the process of etching; an impression from an etched plate.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > etching > an, etching

etching1762

1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. vii. 143 His etchings for Aesop's fables and view of Bruges were much esteemed.

1783 W. Cowper Lett. (1981) II. 124 I have an etching of the late Chancellor hanging over the parlour chimney.

1860 C. Sangster Sonn. 161 These leaves are merely etchings of the artist.

b. transferred.

ΚΠ

1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xxxii. 119 Never is my imagination so busy as in framing his responses from the etchings of his countenance.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

etching-club n.

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1878 P. G. Hamerton Engraving in Encycl. Brit. VIII. 444/2 Etching clubs, or associations of artists for the publication of original etchings.

etching-needle n.

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1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing vii. 374 The use of such a cushion has..been generally laid aside, since the etching-needle has been employed.

etching-printing n.

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1885 Bookseller 5 Mar. 311 Etching Printing has recently received especial care and attention.

etching-varnish n.

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1860 G. W. S. Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 162 Etching varnish is made of virgin wax and asphaltum.

etching-wax n.

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1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 298 One process of engraving on glass is carried out by covering the glass with an etching wax, etc.

C2.

etching figure n. = etch figure n. at etch v.² Compounds.

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1877 E. S. Dana Text-bk. Mineral. ii. i. 118 Analogous to the etching-figures are the figures produced on the faces of some crystals by the loss of water.

1935 A. Sauveur Metallogr. Iron & Steel (ed. 4) ii. 17 The figures thus outlined, in reality small cavities, are often called ‘etching pits’ or ‘etching figures’.

etching-ground n. the composition with which the metal plate, etc. is covered preparatory to etching.

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?1790 J. Imison Curious & Misc. Articles (new ed.) 51 in School of Arts (ed. 2) Take a copper plate prepared as before..lay the etching ground upon it, and etch the outlines of your design.

etching pit n. = etch pit n. at etch v.² Compounds.

ΚΠ

1925 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 111 588 Deep etching with picric or nitric acid fails to develop etching pits.

1935 A. Sauveur Metallogr. Iron & Steel (ed. 4) ii. 17 The figures thus outlined, in reality small cavities, are often called ‘etching pits’ or ‘etching figures’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	etching
释义	etchingn. Brit. /ˈɛtʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɛtʃɪŋ/ Etymology: < etch v.² + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of etch v.¹; the art of the etcher. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > etching etching1634 etch1896 1634 J. Bate Myst. Nature & Art 140 Etching is an imitation of Engraving, but more speedily performed. a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) III. 459 The art of etching, whereby copper and silver plates may be enriched with figures. 1772 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (new ed.) VIII. 346 Prince Rupert..was the inventor of etching. 1845 J. Pye Patron. Brit. Art ii. 50 Etching is not my profession. 2. a. concrete. A copy or representation produced by the process of etching; an impression from an etched plate. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > etching > an, etching etching1762 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. vii. 143 His etchings for Aesop's fables and view of Bruges were much esteemed. 1783 W. Cowper Lett. (1981) II. 124 I have an etching of the late Chancellor hanging over the parlour chimney. 1860 C. Sangster Sonn. 161 These leaves are merely etchings of the artist. b. transferred. ΚΠ 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xxxii. 119 Never is my imagination so busy as in framing his responses from the etchings of his countenance. Compounds C1. General attributive. etching-club n. ΚΠ 1878 P. G. Hamerton Engraving in Encycl. Brit. VIII. 444/2 Etching clubs, or associations of artists for the publication of original etchings. etching-needle n. ΚΠ 1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing vii. 374 The use of such a cushion has..been generally laid aside, since the etching-needle has been employed. etching-printing n. ΚΠ 1885 Bookseller 5 Mar. 311 Etching Printing has recently received especial care and attention. etching-varnish n. ΚΠ 1860 G. W. S. Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 162 Etching varnish is made of virgin wax and asphaltum. etching-wax n. ΚΠ 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 298 One process of engraving on glass is carried out by covering the glass with an etching wax, etc. C2. etching figure n. = etch figure n. at etch v.² Compounds. ΚΠ 1877 E. S. Dana Text-bk. Mineral. ii. i. 118 Analogous to the etching-figures are the figures produced on the faces of some crystals by the loss of water. 1935 A. Sauveur Metallogr. Iron & Steel (ed. 4) ii. 17 The figures thus outlined, in reality small cavities, are often called ‘etching pits’ or ‘etching figures’. etching-ground n. the composition with which the metal plate, etc. is covered preparatory to etching. ΚΠ ?1790 J. Imison Curious & Misc. Articles (new ed.) 51 in School of Arts (ed. 2) Take a copper plate prepared as before..lay the etching ground upon it, and etch the outlines of your design. etching pit n. = etch pit n. at etch v.² Compounds. ΚΠ 1925 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 111 588 Deep etching with picric or nitric acid fails to develop etching pits. 1935 A. Sauveur Metallogr. Iron & Steel (ed. 4) ii. 17 The figures thus outlined, in reality small cavities, are often called ‘etching pits’ or ‘etching figures’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas ˈetching ˈetching n. ΚΠ 1807 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Essex I. vii. 210 Crop and fallow is better than etching. extracted from † etchv.¹ < n.1634 as lemmas
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