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单词 wheel-engraving
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wheel-engravingn.

Brit. /ˈwiːlᵻnˌɡreɪvɪŋ/, /ˈwiːlɛnˌɡreɪvɪŋ/, /ˈwiːlᵻŋˌɡreɪvɪŋ/, /ˈwiːlɛŋˌɡreɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wilᵻnˌɡreɪvɪŋ/, /ˈ(h)wilɛnˌɡreɪvɪŋ/
Etymology: < wheel n. + engraving n.
The art or craft of engraving patterns, etc., on glass by means of a rotating copper wheel and an abrasive mixture of emery and oil, sand and water, or the like.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > ornamental glass-work > [noun] > glass engraving
glass-engraving1875
wheel-engravinga1884
brilliant cut1933
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 946/1 Wheel Engraving... As distinguished from sand-blast engraving or acid etching. See Glass Engraving.
1929 W. Buckley Diamond Engraved Glasses of 16th Cent. 8 Wheel engraving became common before the end of the 17th century and superseded the use of the diamond as the usual method of engraving glasses.
1957 Encycl. Brit. X. 413/1 By the end of the [17th] century this type of diamond point work was superseded in popularity by wheel engraving.
1975 Oxf. Compan. Decorative Arts 403/2 English glass..was greatly in demand in the Netherlands for the flourishing school of wheel-engraving in the German manner.

Derivatives

ˈwheel-engrave v. [as a back-formation] (transitive) .
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > ornamental glass-work > [verb (transitive)] > engrave
wheel-engrave1937
1937 Burlington Mag. Nov. 221/1 The lines are crudely wheel-engraved.
1972 Country Life 30 Nov. 1499/1 A later tumbler in the same sale was wheel-engraved with a bust portrait of Prince Charles Edward.
ˈwheel-engraved adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > ornamental glass-work > [adjective] > engraved
wheel-engraved1926
1926 B. Rackham in W. Buckley European Glass p. x The wonderful skill of technique shown in the finest German wheel-engraved glasses may make up..for the loss of nobility involved.
1979 Homes & Gardens June 83/1 Often these declare their purpose at a glance, with wheel-engraved patterns of the ale brewer's hop leaves and barley.
ˈwheel-engraver n.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > ornamental glass-work > [noun] > glass engraving > engraver
glass-engraver1858
wheel-engraver1961
1961 E. M. Elville Collector's Dict. Glass 55/2 There are quite a number of diamond point and wheel engravers today who have constant employment in such work.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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