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单词 pyrography
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pyrographyn.

Brit. /pʌɪˈrɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /paɪˈrɑɡrəfi/
Forms: see pyro- comb. form and -graphy comb. form.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pyro- comb. form, -graphy comb. form.
Etymology: < pyro- comb. form + -graphy comb. form. In sense 1 after post-classical Latin pyrographia (1530 in the passage translated in quot. 1676; apparently representing an alternative title to H. C. Agrippa's Pyromachia: see pyromachy n. at pyro- comb. form 1). With sense 2 compare earlier pyrographic adj.
1. A discourse on firearms. Obsolete. rare.With quot. 1676, cf. pyromachy n. at pyro- comb. form 1.
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1676 tr. H. C. Agrippa Vanity Arts & Sci. xxii. 67 The several varieties of Guns, and Fire-vomiting Engines; of which lately my self have Written a..Treatise, Entituled Pyrographie [L. sub titulo pyrographiae].
2.
a. The art of decorating wood, leather, etc., by burning a design on the surface with a heated pointed implement; pokerwork.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pokerwork > [noun]
pokerwork1813
poker1827
xylopyrography1850
pyrogravure1888
pyrography1891
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 826/1 Specimen of pyrography, executed upon lime-tree, with a common poker, heated to a red heat.
1891 M. Maude Pyrogr. iii. 43 Bone and Ivory form very delicate grounds for Pyrography in small work.
1924 Amer. Mercury Sept. 87/1 The rocking-chair held a leather pillow bearing the picture, done by pyrography, of a girl in a fencing costume.
1963 Times 12 Oct. 11/8 Striking light and shade pictures are excellent subjects for pyrography.
1994 Pop. Crafts Dec. 71/1 (advt.) Craft supplies for Pyrography, Folk Painting, Decoupage etc.
b. The technique of burning a design in relief into wood by means of heated metallic plates or cylinders. Obsolete. rare.
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1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1837/2 Pyrography, a mode of printing by a system of heated metallic cylinders, which burn in to the wood any design required. A mode of carving.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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