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aquatint
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun aquatint has 2 senses
- aquatint(n = noun.artifact) Array - an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color; Array is a kind of etching
- aquatint(n = noun.act) Array - a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color; Array is a kind of engraving, etching
Derived form verb aquatint1
Derived form verb aquatint1
Verb aquatint has 1 sense
- aquatint(v = verb.creation) Array - etch in aquatint; Array is one way to etch
Derived forms noun aquatint2, noun aquatint1
Sample sentences:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
aquatint, n. [It. acquatinta dyed water; acqua (L. aqua) water + tinto, fem. tinta, dyed. See Tint.].
A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method. [1913 Webster]
aquatint, v.
to etch in aquatint. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
aquatint, n.
1 a print resembling a water-colour, produced from a copper plate etched with nitric acid.
2 the process of producing this.
1 a print resembling a water-colour, produced from a copper plate etched with nitric acid.
2 the process of producing this.
Etymology
F aquatinte f. It. acqua tinta coloured water
THESAURUS
aquatint
autolithograph, block, block print, cerography, chalcography, chromolithograph, color print, copperplate, copperplate print, crayon engraving, cribbling, cut, drypoint, engravement, engraving, etching, graphotype, impress, impression, imprint, intaglio, linoleum-block print, lithograph, metal cut, mezzotint, negative, photoengraving, plate engraving, print, pyrogravure, relief method, rubber-block print, steel engraving, vignette, wood engraving, woodblock, woodburning, woodcut, woodprint, xylograph, zincographyROGET THESAURUS
aquatint
Engraving
N engraving, chalcography, line engraving, mezzotint engraving, stipple engraving, chalk engraving, dry point, bur, etching, aquatinta, chiseling, plate engraving, copperplate engraving, steel engraving, wood engraving, xylography, lignography, glyptography, cerography, lithography, chromolithography, photolithography, zincography, glyphography, xylograph, lignograph, glyptograph, cerograph, lithograph, chromolithograph, photolithograph, zincograph, glyphograph, holograph, impression, print, engraving, plate, steelplate, copperplate, etching, mezzotint, aquatint, lithotint, cut, woodcut, stereotype, graphotype, autotype, heliotype, graver, burin, etching point, style, plate, stone, wood block, negative, die, punch, stamp, printing, plate printing, copperplate printing, anastatic printing, color printing, lithographic printing, type printing, three-color process, illustration, illumination, half tone, photogravure, vignette, initial letter, cul de lampe, tailpiece, lapidary, lapidarian, insculptured, engraved, lapidary, sculpsit, imprimit.
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