copperplate print

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• print — Synonyms and related words: Ditto copy, Photostat, Xerox, Xerox copy, abstract, abstraction, altarpiece, alveolation, alveolus, aquatint, ascender, autolithograph, back, backlash, backwash, bastard type, be a printmaker, beard, bed, belly, bevel …   Moby Thesaurus

• Copperplate — (or copper plate, copper plate) may refer to: any form of intaglio printing using a metal plate (usually copper), or the plate itself engraving etching Copperplate script, a style of handwriting and typefaces derived from it Copperplate Gothic, a …   Wikipedia

• copperplate — [käp′ər plāt΄] n. 1. a flat piece of copper etched or engraved for printing 2. a print made from this 3. a printing or engraving process using copperplate 4. Calligraphy a graceful style of handwriting, patterned after copperplate etchings …   English World dictionary

• copperplate — 1. noun a) A copper plate, either etched or engraved, to make a recessed pattern. The village school was a fine school....He learned his reading and had a fair copperplate hand …   Wiktionary

• copperplate — /ˈkɒpəpleɪt / (say kopuhplayt) noun 1. a plate of polished copper on which a writing, picture, or design is made by engraving or etching. 2. a print or an impression from such a plate. 3. engraving or printing of this kind. 4. an ornate, rounded… …  

• copperplate — n. & adj. n. 1 a a polished copper plate for engraving or etching. b a print made from this. 2 an ornate style of handwriting resembling that orig. used in engravings. adj. of or in copperplate writing …   Useful english dictionary

• copperplate — noun Date: 1663 1. an engraved or etched copper printing plate; also a print made from such a plate 2. a neat script handwriting based on engraved models …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• copperplate — /kop euhr playt /, n. 1. a plate of polished copper on which a writing, picture, or design is made by engraving or etching. 2. a print or impression from such a plate. 3. engraving or printing of this kind. 4. a fine, elegant style of handwriting …   Universalium

• copperplate — n. engraved copper plate; print made from an engraved copper plate …   English contemporary dictionary

• copperplate — cop•per•plate [[t]ˈkɒp ərˌpleɪt[/t]] n. 1) pri a printing plate of copper that is engraved or etched 2) pri a print made from such a plate 3) a fine, elegant style of handwriting • Etymology: 1655–65 …   From formal English to slang

• impress — Synonyms and related words: Ditto copy, Photostat, Xerox, Xerox copy, abduce, abduct, affect, alveolation, alveolus, annex, aquatint, aroma, arrest the thoughts, attach, attribute, autolithograph, backlash, backwash, badge, beat into, bed, blaze… …   Moby Thesaurus