etching

[ ech-ing ]

/ ˈɛtʃ ɪŋ /

the act or process of making designs or pictures on a metal plate, glass, etc., by the corrosive action of an acid instead of by a burin.

an impression, as on paper, taken from an etched plate.

the design so produced.

a metal plate bearing such a design.

Origin of etching

First recorded in 1625–35; etch + -ing¹

The etchings on the plates to The Poetical Magazine were worked fairly away and renewed.

Rowlandson the Caricaturist. First Volume |Joseph Grego
The etchings were also shown in decorated rooms in Boston and Philadelphia.

The Life of James McNeill Whistler |Elizabeth Robins Pennell
So, too, were those of Rubens; while Rembrandt's etchings were altogether published separately.

Modern Illustration |Joseph Pennell
None of the paintings of him that I have seen do him justice, and the etchings are not much of an improvement on the paintings.

Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions |Slason Thompson

No etchings were made, though we believe he did a water-colour or pastel.

The Life of James McNeill Whistler |Elizabeth Robins Pennell

etching

/ (ˈɛtʃɪŋ) /

the art, act, or process of preparing etched surfaces or of printing designs from them

an etched plate

an impression made from an etched plate

etching

An artistic print made from a plate on which the artist has etched a design with acid. (Compare engraving.)