stipple engraving

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• stipple engraving — noun 1. : the act or process of engraving by stippling 2. : the impression made from a stippled plate …   Useful english dictionary

• Engraving — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Engraving >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 engraving engraving chalcography Sgm: N 1 line engraving line engraving mezzotint engraving stipple engraving chalk engraving Sgm: N 1 dry point dry point bur Sgm: N 1 etching …   English dictionary for students

• engraving — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Art of making designs by etching Nouns 1. engraving; line, mezzotint, or stipple engraving; drypoint, draw point, etching, intaglio, gravure, copperplate, silverpoint; steel or wood engraving; xylography …   English dictionary for students

• engraving — /en gray ving/, n. 1. the act or art of a person who or thing that engraves. 2. the art of forming designs by cutting, corrosion by acids, a photographic process, etc., on the surface of a metal plate, block of wood, or the like, for or as for… …   Universalium

• stipple and stipple brush —    Stipple is a drawing, painting, or engraving method employing dots rather than lines. Stippled works can be produced with any of a variety of tools, including pencils, crayons, pens, and brushes. see thumbnail to rightThe broadly distributed… …   Glossary of Art Terms

• Stipple — Stip ple, Stippling Stip pling, n. (Engraving) A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines. [1913 Webster] 2. (Paint.) A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Stipple — Stip ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stippled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stippling}.] [D. stippelen to make points, to spot, dot, from stippel, dim. of stip a dot, spot.] 1. To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• stipple — [stip′əl] vt. stippled, stippling [Du stippelen < stippel, a speckle, dim. of stip, a point, akin to stippen, to prick: for IE base see STIFF] 1. to paint, draw, engrave, or apply in small points or dots rather than in lines or solid areas 2.… …   English World dictionary

• engraving — Synonyms and related words: CYSP sculpture, abstract, abstract art, abstraction, altarpiece, anaglyph, anaglyptics, anaglyptography, aquatint, architectural sculpture, art, art form, artist, arts and crafts, arts of design, autolithograph, bezel …   Moby Thesaurus

• stipple — stippler, n. /stip euhl/, v., stippled, stippling, n. v.t. 1. to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches. n. Also, stippling. 2. the method of painting, engraving, etc., by stippling. 3. stippled work; a painting, engraving, or… …   Universalium

• stipple — Synonyms and related words: apply paint, autolithograph, band, bar, be a printmaker, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, blotch, brush on paint, burr, calcimine, carve, character, check, checker, chisel, chiseling,… …   Moby Thesaurus