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 orembossing . - noun obsolete An
engraving .
Etymologies
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Latin caelatura, from caelare ("to engrave in relief").
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