engravery

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noun

engraving (act, or object)

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Meanings

nounengravery (usually uncountable, plural engraveries)

plural engraveries

  1. archaicuncountableusuallyengraving (act, or object)

    They wonder to find the art of engravery so ancient upon precious stones and signets

    c. 1683 (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in [Thomas Tenison], editor, Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: […] Charles Mearn, […], published 1683, →OCLC

Origin

From engrave + -ery?

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APA

engravery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engravery

MLA

“engravery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engravery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “engravery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engravery.

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