aquatint

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
aquatint
    n 1: an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water
         color
    2: a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water
       color
    v 1: etch in aquatint
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Aquatint \A"qua*tint\, Aquatinta \A`qua*tin"ta\, n. [It.
   acquatinta dyed water; acqua (L. aqua) water + tinto, fem.
   tinta, dyed. See {Tint}.]
   A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of
   aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a
   drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving
   produced by this method.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
aquatint \aquatint\ v.
   1. to etch in aquatint.
      [WordNet 1.5]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "aquatint":
      autolithograph, block, block print, cerography, chalcography,
      chromolithograph, color print, copperplate, copperplate print,
      crayon engraving, cribbling, cut, drypoint, engravement, engraving,
      etching, graphotype, impress, impression, imprint, intaglio,
      linoleum-block print, lithograph, metal cut, mezzotint, negative,
      photoengraving, plate engraving, print, pyrogravure, relief method,
      rubber-block print, steel engraving, vignette, wood engraving,
      woodblock, woodburning, woodcut, woodprint, xylograph,
      zincography

    

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