line engraving

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noun

a technique of engraving in which all effects are produced by variations in the width and density of lines incised with a burin.

a metal plate so engraved.

a print or picture made from it.

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Origin of line engraving

First recorded in 1800–10

OTHER WORDS FROM line engraving

line engraver, noun

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How to use line engraving in a sentence

Line-engraving is now practically obsolete, while etching and mezzotint have recently come more and more to the front.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6|Various
As a work of art, we repeat, this is beyond question the finest instance of line-engraving yet executed on this continent.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866|Various
The label is a fine piece of line engraving, but we have been unable to ascertain the size of the sheets in which it was printed.
Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery|Clifton Armstrong Howes
Rembrandt was more directly associated with etching than with line engraving, but his influence was far from exclusive.
Engraving for Illustration|Joseph Kirkbride

In line etching, as in line engraving, the great masters purposely exhibit the line and do not hide it under too much shading.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for line engraving

line-engraving

noun

the art or process of hand-engraving in intaglio and copper plate

a plate so engraved

a print taken from such a plate

Derived forms of line-engraving

line-engraver, noun

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