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Etching process
Answer for the clue "Etching process ", 8 letters:
aquatint
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Word definitions for aquatint in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1782, "engraving made with aqua fortis," from Italian acquatinta , from Latin aqua tincta "dyed water;" see aqua- + tinct .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color v. etch in aquatint
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
aquatint \aquatint\ v. 1. to etch in aquatint.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A form of etching with acid on a plate partially covered with varnish that produces a print somewhat resembling a watercolour. 2 An etching or print made using this method. vb. To make such etchings.
Usage examples of aquatint.
People released from the aquatint at the limit of memory were strolling about on the paths and on the grass.
This - well, it was straight from the etchings and aquatints of the City, the bucolic world as seen through the eyes of Paradys.
Standing near the edge of the pavement, leafing idly through the paintings and aquatints, she was so engrossed in her musings about Damien and so lulled by the clattering noise of the traffic on the street that she took no note of the heavy rumbling of a large black coach barreling down the street straight toward her.
Miranda leaped out of the way, crashing into the footman as the carriage bumped up on two wheels onto the pavement and sent the aquatints and the books on the rack scattering.
He designed and illustrated many books, and was the creator of a considerable list of individual prints—wood engravings, line engravings on copper, and aquatints.