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silverpoint

silverpoint noun: a traditional technique for drawing by dragging a silvern rod or wire across a surface, often prepared with gesso or primer.

Noun

silverpoint (countable and uncountable, plural silverpoints)

  1. (uncountable) A traditional technique for drawing by dragging a silvern rod or wire across a surface, often prepared with gesso or primer.
  2. (countable) An artwork produced by this technique.

Forms of silverpoint

pluralsilverpoints

Origin of silverpoint

From silver + point.

Questions about silverpoint

What does silverpoint mean?
Silverpoint means a traditional technique for drawing by dragging a silvern rod or wire across a surface, often prepared with gesso or primer.
What part of speech is silverpoint?
Silverpoint is a noun.
What is the plural of silverpoint?
The plural of silverpoint is silverpoints.

Words near silverpoint in the dictionary

  1. Silvernails
  2. silverness
  3. silverol
  4. silverpatch
  5. silverplated
  6. silverpoint
  7. silverpoints
  8. silvers
  9. silverside
  10. silversides
  11. silverskin

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