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etch•ing



Pronunciation: (ech'ing), [key]
—n.
1. the act or process of making designs or pictures on a metal plate, glass, etc., by the corrosive action of an acid instead of by a burin.
2. an impression, as on paper, taken from an etched plate.
3. the design so produced.
4. a metal plate bearing such a design.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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