v. t.
☞ The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then scored or scratched with a needle, or similar instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the lines thus laid bare. [ 1913 Webster ]
I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875. Hamerton. [ 1913 Webster ]
There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch out their system. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To practice etching; to make etchings. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A variant of Eddish. [ Obs. ] Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. Cut or impressed into a surface.
n. One who etches. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Etching figures (Min.),
Etching needle,
Etching stitch (Needlework),