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line engraving definition

line engraving

  1. a kind of engraving in which the effect is produced by lines of varying thickness and nearness to each other
  2. a plate engraved in this way
  3. a print from such a plate

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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