silverpoint
a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
a drawing made by this technique.
Origin of silverpoint
1Other definitions for silver point (2 of 2)
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 BlackThe traditional pencil has been displaced by a silver point which traces its mark upon a metallically coated paper.
Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants | R. E. MathotThe first (S. 12) shows you Lionardo's method of work, both with chalk and the silver point.
Lectures on Art | John RuskinOne unlucky day I was in a print-shop in Holborn, when I saw upon the counter some extremely beautiful drawings in silver-point.
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime | Oscar WildeSimilar to lead pencil, and of even greater delicacy, is silver-point drawing.
The Practice and Science Of Drawing | Harold Speed
British Dictionary definitions for silverpoint
/ (ˈsɪlvəˌpɔɪnt) /
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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