Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or art of engraving, chasing, or embossing metals.
  • noun Engraved, chased, or embossed decoration on metal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act or art of engraving or embossing.
  • noun obsolete That which is engraved.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete The act or art of engraving or embossing.
  • noun obsolete An engraving.

Etymologies

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Latin caelatura, from caelare ("to engrave in relief").

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