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drypoint definition

dry·point (drī′po̵int′)

noun

  1. a fine, hard needle for engraving lines on a copper plate without using acid
  2. a picture printed from such a plate
  3. this way of engraving

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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