Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art or act of writing or engraving on wax.
- noun Wax-painting; encaustic painting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax.
- noun A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The art of making characters or designs in, or with,
wax . - noun A method of making
stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Ancient Greek wax + -graphy.
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