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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In engraving, a die cut in relief on wood, and in condition for furnishing impressions in ink in a printingpress; a woodcut. See wood-engraving.
  • noun A print or impression from such an engraved block; a woodcut. Also used attributively in both senses: as, wood-block illustrations.

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