Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To produce by or in photo-engraving.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To engrave by a photomechanical process; to make a photo-engraving of.
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Examples
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If used to excess after the lines have been inked in it serves to reduce the blackness of the lines, and may so pale them that they will not properly photo-engrave.
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Joshua Rose
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The shading on a drawing to be photo-engraved must be produced by lines, and not by tints, for tints, whether of black or of colors, will not photo-engrave properly.
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Joshua Rose
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