Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art of wood-carving.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The art of carving in wood.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Ancient Greek ξύλον (xylon, "wood") + γλυφή (gluphē, "carving")
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word xyloglyphy.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
oroboros commented on the word xyloglyphy
Letter engraving on wood, either to ornament the wood itself or for transfer as a woodcut. This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
January 11, 2007