steel-engraving

steel engraving

noun Printing.
1.
a method of incising letters, designs, etc., on steel.
2.
the imprint, as on paper, from a plate of engraved steel.
Origin:
1815–25

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steel engraving
 
—n
a.  a method or art of engraving (letters, etc) on a steel plate
 b.  a print made from such a plate

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