petrographn.
/ˈpɛtrə(ʊ)ɡrɑːf/, /ˈpɛtrə(ʊ)ɡraf/, U.S. /ˈpɛtrəˌɡræf/ A carving, esp. writing, upon a rock; a rock inscription. Cf. petroglyph n.
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society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] > on rock
petrograph1808
1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 366 The rock-manuscript, Petragraph, or Ogham Inscription.
1888 Science 27 July 40/2 Mr. Cushing's party found on the rocks of neighbouring mountains petrographs, or crude etchings.
1974 E. Roch Arts of Eskimo 9/3 Early Eskimo petrographs in the Canadian Arctic provide further evidence of a relationship with the origins of graphic art elsewhere in the world.
2001 Amer. Rev. Canad. Stud. (Nexis) June 209–223 The horned head is more delicate than the horned shaman found on a petrograph at Painted Rock Island in..Northern Ontario.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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