Engraver

4 definitions found

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

  Engraver \En*grav"er\, n.
     One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce
     engraved work, especially on metal or wood.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  engraver
       n 1: a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a
            surface by carving or etching
       2: a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate

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

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "engraver":
     accountant, amanuensis, archivist, bookkeeper, burinist, carver,
     cerographer, chalcographer, clerk, documentalist, etcher,
     filing clerk, gem engraver, graphic artist, graver, inscriber,
     lapidary, librarian, line engraver, lithographer, marker, notary,
     notary public, printmaker, prothonotary, pyrographer, record clerk,
     recorder, recordist, register, registrar, scorekeeper, scorer,
     scribe, scrivener, secretary, serigrapher, silk-screen artist,
     stenographer, stonecutter, timekeeper, wood engraver,
     xylopyrographer
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Engraver
     Heb. harash (Ex. 35:35; 38:23) means properly an artificer in
     wood, stone, or metal. The chief business of the engraver was
     cutting names or devices on rings and seals and signets (Ex.
     28:11, 21, 36; Gen. 38:18).