silverpoint

[ sil-ver-point ]

noun
  1. a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.

  2. a drawing made by this technique.

Origin of silverpoint

1
First recorded in 1880–85; silver + point

Other definitions for silver point (2 of 2)

silver point

noun
  1. the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.

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How to use silverpoint in a sentence

  • The world had grown more solemn now: here and there in the lilac-gray deeps overhead a small silver point began to appear.

    Judith Shakespeare | William Black
  • The traditional pencil has been displaced by a silver point which traces its mark upon a metallically coated paper.

  • The first (S. 12) shows you Lionardo's method of work, both with chalk and the silver point.

    Lectures on Art | John Ruskin
  • One unlucky day I was in a print-shop in Holborn, when I saw upon the counter some extremely beautiful drawings in silver-point.

  • Similar to lead pencil, and of even greater delicacy, is silver-point drawing.

British Dictionary definitions for silverpoint

silverpoint

/ (ˈsɪlvəˌpɔɪnt) /


noun
  1. a drawing technique popular esp in the 15th and 16th centuries, using an instrument with a silver wire tip on specially prepared paper

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