xylography

(zī lägrə fē)

noun

Rare the art of making woodcuts or wood engravings

Origin: Fr xylographie: see xylo- & -graphy

Related Forms:

See xylography in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Wood engraving, especially of an early period.
  2. The art of printing texts or illustrations, sometimes with color, from woodblocks, as distinct from typography.

Related Forms:

  • xyˌlo·graphˈic (-lə-grăfˈĭk), xyˌlo·graphˈi·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adjective
  • xyˌlo·graphˈi·cal·ly adverb
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