En*grav"ing , n.
1. The act
or art of
producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters,
lines, and the like; especially, the art of
producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the
decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be
printed on paper.
2. That which is engraved; an engraved plate.
3. An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.
&fist; Engraving on wood is
called xylography; on copper, chalcography; on stone lithography.
Engravings or prints take from wood blocks are usually called wood
cuts, those from stone, lithographs.
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