Dictionary 1. (n.) An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones.2. (n.) A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work. 3. (a.) of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation. 4. (a.) of or pertaining to monumental inscriptions; as, lapidary adulation. Thesaurus aquatint aquatinta autolithographic burinist carver cerographer chalcographer engraver etcher gem engraver glyptic glyptographic graphic artist graver inscriber line engraver lithographer lithographic mezzotint printmaker pyrographer serigrapher silk-screen artist wood engraver wood-block xylographic xylopyrographer |