Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun [Verbal n. of
aquatint .] The art or process of etching in the aquatint method. Seeaquatint .
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- verb Present participle of
aquatint .
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Examples
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Those pictures were very funny, and that aquatinting and the gay-colored plates very pleasant to witness; but if we could not read the poem in those days, could we digest it in this?
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Those pictures were very funny, and that aquatinting and the gay-colored plates very pleasant to witness; but if we could not read the poem in those days, could we digest it in this?
John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Another method of aquatinting was invented independently by Jean-Baptiste Le
Museum Blogs 2010
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I'm down in the dumps in sodden London, what better way to raise my spirits than re-aquatinting myself with the Napoleon of crime and other practical cats.
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