Read full poem →«>f One Shilling each, and six of such numbers will form j
volume, to be ornamented with an elegant Engraving, illus
trative of its most interesting subject. A new type is cas
Dictionary Entry
To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.
In a Sentence
“He engraved the plaque with his name.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. engravingengraving woodengraving steelengraving line
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Poetry examples for “engraving”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Chaucer on horseback, as one of the pilgrims, occurs in the Ellesmere MS.;
an engraving of it appears as a frontispiece to Todd's Illustrations of
Chaucer. A small full-length picture of Chaucer occurs in the initial
Read full poem →From the engraving prefixed to the Poems in the Editions of 1635,
1639, 1649, 1650, 1654]
Read full poem →John Donne, from the engraving prefixed to the _Poems_, 1635
_face page_ 7
Read full poem →1. Ianthe (Lady Charlotte Harley), from an Engraving _Frontispiece_
by W. Finden, after a Drawing by R. Westall, R.A.
Read full poem →ART, including that of the Drama, Music, Engraving, Sculpture, Painting, Photography,
and ornamental and other useful Designs : together with International and Foreign Copy-
Read full poem →frontispiece, is reproduced by Mr. Prsetorius, from
the copy in the British Museum of the engraving
of his funeral by Thomas Lant. I have still to add
Read full poem →JESSE SMITH: HIS ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS. By
L. Bertrand Smith. With frontispiece—an engraving of Coat
of Arms. Price, $4.00; postage, 15 cents. (Large paper
Read full poem →of Lawrence to take Cowper's portrait for
engraving 431
Read full poem →it, to forego the wish of adding to it, or taking anything from it, by
engraving their own names; and to let the Monumental Stone stand, as
the poet wished it might