line engraving

American  

noun

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

2. a metal plate so engraved.

3. a print or picture made from it.

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line-engraving British  

noun

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

2. a plate so engraved

3. a print taken from such a plate

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Other Word Forms

• line engraver noun
• line-engraver noun

Etymology

Origin of line engraving

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

Such simple line engravings had become a staple.

From Nature

A mariner's card, set into the opening with a metal vernier scale, is in the usual form of the mariner's compass card of the 18th century; it is executed as a line engraving.

From Project Gutenberg

Rembrandt was more directly associated with etching than with line engraving, but his influence was far from exclusive.

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His inclinations in early life turned to the stage; but his true path was line engraving.

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Dry-point, a method of engraving generally regarded as part of etching, but more closely allied to line engraving.

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