Wood-engraving; the act or art of cutting figures in wood, in representation of natural objects.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. The art of engraving on wood.
2. The art of making prints from the natural grain of wood.
3. A method pf printing in colors upon wood for purposes of house decoration.
Engraving Roget’s Thesaurus §558
N. engraving, chalcography, line engraving, mezzotint engraving, stipple engraving, chalk engraving, dry point, bur, etching, aquatinta, chiseling, plate engraving, copperplate engraving, steel engraving, wood engraving, xylography, lignography, glyptography, cerography, lithography, chromolithography, photolithography, zincography, glyphography, xylograph, lignograph, glyptograph, cerograph, lithograph, chromolithograph, photolithograph, zincograph, glyphograph, holograph, impression, print, engraving, plate, steelplate, copperplate, etching, mezzotint, aquatint, lithotint, cut, woodcut, stereotype, graphotype, autotype, heliotype, graver, burin, etching point, style, plate, stone, wood block, negative, die, punch, stamp, printing, plate printing, copperplate printing, anastatic printing, color printing, lithographic printing, type printing, three-color process, illustration, illumination, half tone, photogravure, vignette, initial letter, cul de lampe, tailpiece, lapidary, lapidarian
Adj. insculptured, engraved, lapidary
Phr. sculpsit, imprimit
No Bible verses found for "xylography".