Aquatint

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:

  aquatint \aquatint\ v.
     1. to etch in aquatint.
        [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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 : etch in aquatint

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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