- Etching - Inscribing - of Engrave - 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. - That which is engraved; an engraved plate. - An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or
other material; a print.