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etcher

  • a word derived from etch.
    etch
    verb (used with object)
    to cut, bite, or corrode with an acid or the like; engrave with an acid or the like, as to form a design in furrows that when charged with ink will give an impression on paper.

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“He had invited me over to his workshop and showed me the materials and the wood etcher he was using,” Knudson said.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 17, 2021

The technical data sheet for the paint you used says that you can re-coat after cleaning the first layer with a degreaser and etcher.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2016

Van Dyck was equally brilliant as an etcher, as represented by several examples from his celebrated “Inconographie” portrait series.

From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2016

The capital’s obsession with concrete reaches an apotheosis in the Carreno’s spectacular open-sided lobby, which evokes the brooding prisons by the 18th-century etcher Piranesi.

From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 22, 2012

He was an etcher too, and some of his plates are still preserved.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various