1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engrave.

2. (n.) The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.

3. (n.) That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

4. (n.) An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.

CYSP sculpture abstract abstract art abstraction altarpiece anaglyph anaglyptics anaglyptography aquatint architectural sculpture art art form artist arts and crafts arts of design autolithograph bezel birthmark blaze blemish block block print blotch bone-carving brand burr calligraphy cameo caste mark casting cave art ceramics ceroplastics chamfer chase chasing check checkmark chink chiseling chromolithograph cicatrix clay sculpture collage color print copperplate copperplate print copy corrugation crack cranny crayon engraving cross-hatching cut cyclorama dado dapple daub decoration decorative sculpture demitint design designing diptych discoloration dot earmark earth art embossing engravement etch etching fine arts fleck flick flute fluting folk art founding freckle fresco furrow garden sculpture gash gem-cutting gem-engraving glass sculpture glass-cutting glyptic gouge graphic arts graphotype graving groove hack half tint hatching icon illumination illustration image impress impression imprint incision inscript inscription intaglio ivory-carving jot lentigo likeness line lining linoleum-block print lithograph lost-wax process macula mark marking metal sculpture mezzotint microgroove miniature modeling molding mole montage monumental sculpture mosaic mottle mural negative nevus nick notch panorama paper sculpture patch photograph photography picture plaster casting plastic art point polka dot portrait sculpture prick primitive art print puncture rabbet relief relief-carving relievo representation reproduction rifling rubber-block print ruck rut scar scarification score scoring scotch scratch scratching sculptor sculpture sculpturing shell-carving slash slashing slit speck speckle splash splotch spot stain stained glass window statuary steel engraving stencil stigma still life stipple stippling stone sculpture stonecutting strawberry mark streak stria striation sulcation sulcus tableau tapestry tattoo tattoo mark the arts tick tint tittle tooling triptych type-cutting vignette wall painting watermark well-worn groove whittling wire sculpture wood carving wood engraving woodblock woodcut woodprint wrinkle xyloglyphy xylograph