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etching

[ech-ing]

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noun

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.

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

the design so produced.

a metal plate bearing such a design.

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Origin:
1625–35; etch + -ing¹

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verb (used with object)

to cut, bite, or corrode with an acid or the like; engrave with an acid or the like, as to form a design in furrows that when charged with ink will give an impression on paper.

to produce (a design, image, etc.) by this method, as on copper or glass.

to outline clearly or sharply; delineate, as a person's features or character.

to fix permanently in or implant firmly on the mind; root in the memory: Our last conversation is etched in my memory.

Geology. to cut (a feature) into the surface of the earth by means of erosion: A deep canyon was etched into the land by the river's rushing waters.

verb (used without object)

to practice the art of etching.

noun

Printing. an acid used for etching.

Origin:
1625–35; < Dutch etsen < German ätzen to etch, orig. cause to eat; cognate with Old English ettan to graze; akin to eat

Related forms

etch·er, noun

un·etched, adjective

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etching (ˈɛtʃɪŋ)

—n
1.	the art, act, or process of preparing etched surfaces or of printing designs from them
2.	an etched plate
3.	an impression made from an etched plate

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etch

1630s, "to engrave by eating away the surface of with acids," from Du. etsen, from Ger. ätzen "to etch," from O.H.G. azzon "cause to bite, feed," from P.Gmc. *atjanan, caus. of *etanan "eat." Related: Etched; etching.

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etching

1630s, action of the verb etch.; c.1770 as "a print, etc., made from an etched plate."

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