engravement

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English

Etymology

From engrave +‎ -ment.

Noun

engravement (countable and uncountable, plural engravements)

  1. Engraving.
  2. Any engraved work.
    • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). An Exposition of the Creed”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. , volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A J Valpy, , published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
      the engravement of art and man's device

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “engravement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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