steel engraving
Americannoun
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a method of incising letters, designs, etc., on steel.
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the imprint, as on paper, from a plate of engraved steel.
noun
Etymology
Origin of steel engraving
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Beautiful detailed observation and the total effect of a steel engraving with no col or at all.
From Time Magazine Archive
Love's Tribute and Love's Stratagem leaned in steel engraving against a parlor wall.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a steel engraving of an oval building with rectangular windows, and a small tower in front.
From "1984" by George Orwell
With what sort of an instrument the writing had been done it was impossible to conceive, for it was as fine as could be accomplished with the finest steel engraving.
From The Web of the Golden Spider by Fisher, Harrison
On one wall, by way of ornament, was a steel engraving of Daniel Webster.
From The Broken Gate A Novel by Hough, Emerson
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