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is etching

  • present progressive
    of etch (3rd person singular).
    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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I stifle an urge to lean over his shoulder and try to catch a glimpse of the number he is etching.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2011

She is a frequent writer of magazine thrillers, but her chief avocation is etching, which she studied under Joseph Pennell.

From Time Magazine Archive

She is etching spider legs into the icy bone.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston