单词 | wheel-engraving |
释义 | wheel-engravingn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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Buckley Diamond Engraved Glasses of 16th Cent. 8 Wheel engraving became common before the end of the 17th century and superseded the use of the diamond as the usual method of engraving glasses. 1957 Encycl.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 X. 413/1 By the end of the [17th] century this type of diamond point work was superseded in popularity by wheel engraving. 1975 Oxf.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) . ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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