hard-ground

hard ground

noun
an etching ground applied to the surface of a plate held over a small flame and spread by a dabber or brayer. Compare soft ground ( def 1 ).
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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