transitive. To engrave (metals, sometimes glass, stone) by ‘eating away’ the surface with acids or other corrosives; chiefly, to engrave by this…
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > engrave in intaglio [verb (transitive)] > etch (8) etch1634 transitive. To engrave (metals, sometimes glass, stone) by ‘eating away’ the surface with acids or other corrosives; chiefly, to engrave by this… to bite in1821 to bite in in Engraving: to eat out the lines of an etching on metal with an acid. Subcategories:— of, etching agent (1) — underbite or rebite (2) — reground (1) — protect specific parts from acid (2) |
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