etching

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Etching a pattern into the top before baking.

From Washington Times • Nov. 15, 2023

In the town of Telford in the English Midlands, Advanced Chemical Etching makes metal components for cars, jets, drones, satellites and medical devices, with many of these wares destined for Europe.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2020

Etching, one of the most common and versatile forms of printmaking today, evolved in the early 1500s.

From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2020

Etching scary legal words in the bottom of a work in your collection in the hopes of scaring people away from engaging with it is the opposite of that.

From Slate • Nov. 15, 2019

See also the lists of works given under the separate headings for Line-engraving, Etching, Mezzotint and Wood-engraving.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various