toreutic

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τορευτικός (toreutikós, belonging to work in relief), from τορεύω (toreúō), from τορός (torós, piercing).

Adjective

toreutic (not comparable)

  1. (art) In relief; relating to sculpture in relief, especially of metal.
  2. Relating to chasing such as surface ornamentation in metal.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 toreutic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)