mezzotint
mezzotint is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced.
- 2.To engrave in mezzotint.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- anastatic
- aquatint
- aquatinta
- autotype
- bite
- block
- bur
- burin
- cerograph
- cerography
- chalcography
- chalk
- chromolithograph
- chromolithography
- color
- copperplate
- cut
- die
- dry
- engrave
- engraved
- engraving
- etch
- etching
- glyphograph
- glyphography
- glyptography
- graphotype
- grave
- graver
- half
- heliotype
- holograph
- illumination
- illustration
- impression
- initial
- insculptured
- lapidarian
- lapidary
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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