engraving

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The auction house said in its promotional material that very little was known of the painting -- only that a peer of Rubens had made an engraving of it.

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They settled in Philadelphia and, as a teenager, he learned engraving and earned a living incising designs for silverware firms—no doubt honing his talent for detail.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dental-lab technicians shifted from manual molds to digital scanning and CAD/CAM; etchers and engravers moved from hand tools to digital engraving.

From The Wall Street Journal

There is a station with free cookies and coffee and an engraving stand to brand the glasses cases with initials or designs.

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How it works: He likens engraving to wood carving.

From The Wall Street Journal