etching scribe

noun

a needle-sharp steel tool for incising into plates in etching and the production of dry points.

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Meanings

nounetching scribe (plural etching scribes)

plural etching scribes

  1. a needle-sharp steel tool for incising into plates in etching and the production of dry points.
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