noun. The art of preparing etched plates, especially metal plates, from which designs and pictures are printed.

noun. A design etched on a plate.

noun. An impression made from an etched plate.

noun. In photography, a plate, as of copper, coated with a substance sensitive to light, which after exposure and development is subjected to the dissolving action of a chemical, such as nitric acid, which attacks the bare metal.

noun. A process of engraving in which the lines are produced by the action of an acid or mordant instead of by a burin.

noun. An impression taken from an etched plate.

noun. A line etched, or appearing as if etched.

noun. The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See etch, v. t.

noun. A design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching.

noun. An impression on paper, parchment, or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate.

noun. markings produced on the face of a crystal by the action of an appropriate solvent. They have usually a definite form, and are important as revealing the molecular structure.

noun. a sharp-pointed steel instrument with which lines are drawn in the ground or varnish in etching.

noun. a stitch used outline embroidery.

noun. The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.

noun. The image created by this process.

verb. Present participle of etch.

noun. an etched plate made with the use of acid

noun. an impression made from an etched plate

noun. making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them