xylography

xy·log·ra·phy

[zahy-log-ruh-fee]
noun
the art of engraving on wood, or of printing from such engravings.

Origin:
1810–20; < French xylographie. See xylo-, -graphy

xy·log·ra·pher, noun
xy·lo·graph·ic [zahy-luh-graf-ik] , xy·lo·graph·i·cal, adjective
xy·lo·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb
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xylography (zaɪˈlɒɡrəfɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
the art, craft, or process of printing from wooden blocks
 
xy'lographer
 
n
 
xylographic
 
adj
 
xylo'graphical
 
adj

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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.
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