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engravery

engravery noun: engraving (act, or object).

Noun

engravery (usually uncountable, plural engraveries)

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

Forms of engravery

pluralengraveries

Origin of engravery

From engrave + -ery?

Questions about engravery

What does engravery mean?
Engravery means engraving (act, or object).
What part of speech is engravery?
Engravery is a noun.
What is the plural of engravery?
The plural of engravery is engraveries.

Words near engravery in the dictionary

  1. engravening
  2. engravens
  3. engraver
  4. engraveries
  5. engravers
  6. engravery
  7. engraves
  8. engravest
  9. engraveth
  10. engraving
  11. engravings

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