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n. A retouch. vb. (present participle of retouch English)
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Retouch or Retouching may refer to one of the following.
- Retouching, a method of manipulation of photographic images
- Retouch (lithics), the work done to a flint implement after its preliminary roughing-out in order to make it into a functional tool
Usage examples of "retouching".
The Eolithic implements, however, were natural flint flakes displaying only retouching along the edges.
But the flaking and retouching on them is far cruder than on the cores and flakes selected by Breuil as examples of pseudoeoliths.
He found on almost all of the Miocene specimens the standard indications of human work: fine retouching, symmetrical chipping, and traces of use.
He noted the presence of retouching on the edges, obviously intended to make a sharp point.
Bulbs of percussion were rare on the Early Miocene flints of Thenay, but most of the flints displayed fine retouching of the edges.
After retouching for a suitable grip, the blunt edge was held in the palm of the hand, and the sharp edge of the implement was moved along the length of the object to be scraped.
But the flaking and retouching on them is far cruder than on the cores and flakes selected by Breuil as examples of pseudo-eoliths.
She broke off one flake, but it needed retouching, so she put her hammerstone down and reached for a stone retoucher.
You will like the taste of it: retouching your life-history, overlaying a sentimental note over simple events, and finally - inventing them from scratch.
There was no knowing what mischief Burton might have been up to with his retouching tools before his untimely demise.
Little or no retouching was necessary in the case of the stupendous flights of steps that were found leading up to the door of this prehistoric royal residence, and which are the first of the many sights the visitor of to-day may see.
Thus we shall see him continually retouching the Rule of his institute, unceasingly revising it down to the last moment, according as the growth of the Order and experience of the human heart suggested to him modifications of it.
Second Life of Celano, we see that the latter has often borrowed verbatim from Brother Leo, but generally he has considerably abridged the passages, adding reflections here and there, especially retouching the style to make it more elegant.
Pummice, with his myrmidons, in aprons and paper caps, retouching the gilding.
He closed his door, he opened no letters nor telegrams, and he spent ten hours without taking anything but two eggs and some black coffee, as he did on this particular day, when looking over the essays of his twenty-fifth year with the talent of his thirty-fifth, retouching here a word, rewriting an entire page, dissatisfied here, smiling there at his thought.