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
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Love's Tribute and Love's Stratagem leaned in steel engraving against a parlor wall.
From Time Magazine Archive
Beautiful detailed observation and the total effect of a steel engraving with no col or at all.
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
On one wall, by way of ornament, was a steel engraving of Daniel Webster.
From The Broken Gate A Novel by Emerson Hough
Between left end of bookcases and alcove at left rear, high up on wall, hangs a large painting or steel engraving of Abraham Lincoln.
From Theft A Play In Four Acts by Jack London
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