etching

[ ech-ing ]
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noun
  1. the act or process of making designs or pictures on a metal plate, glass, etc., by the corrosive action of an acid instead of by a burin.

  2. an impression, as on paper, taken from an etched plate.

  1. the design so produced.

  2. a metal plate bearing such a design.

Origin of etching

1
First recorded in 1625–35; etch + -ing1

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British Dictionary definitions for etching

etching

/ (ˈɛtʃɪŋ) /


noun
  1. the art, act, or process of preparing etched surfaces or of printing designs from them

  2. an etched plate

  1. an impression made from an etched plate

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Cultural definitions for etching

etching

An artistic print made from a plate on which the artist has etched a design with acid. (Compare engraving.)

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