noun. A technique of intaglio printmaking in which an image is incised into a plate by scratching the surface with a hard, sharp metal (or diamond) point.

noun. A print made using this technique.

"Liir could see the artist’s tentative first lines corrected by definitive cross-hatching in a kind of drypoint, with highlights of coffee-colored wash."

aquatint  cerography  chalcography  crayon engraving  cribbling