engravery

English

Etymology

From engrave +‎ -ery?

Noun

engravery (usually uncountable, plural engraveries)

  1. (archaic) engraving (act, or object)
    • 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:
      They wonder to find the art of engravery so ancient upon precious stones and signets

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