mezzotint

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: mez=zo=tint

CIDE DICTIONARY

mezzotint, n. [Cf. F. mezzo-tinto.].

 A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced.  [1913 Webster]

mezzotint, v. t. 

 To engrave in mezzotint.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mezzotint, n. & v.
--n.
1 a method of printing or engraving in which the surface of a plate is roughened by scraping so that it produces tones and half-tones.
2 a print produced by this process.
--v.tr. engrave in mezzotint.

Derivative

mezzotinter n.

Etymology

It. mezzotinto f. mezzo half + tinto tint

ROGET THESAURUS

mezzotint

Engraving

N engraving, chalcography, line engraving, mezzotint engraving, stipple engraving, chalk engraving, dry point, bur, etching, aquatinta, chiseling, plate engraving, copperplate engraving, steel engraving, wood engraving, xylography, lignography, glyptography, cerography, lithography, chromolithography, photolithography, zincography, glyphography, xylograph, lignograph, glyptograph, cerograph, lithograph, chromolithograph, photolithograph, zincograph, glyphograph, holograph, impression, print, engraving, plate, steelplate, copperplate, etching, mezzotint, aquatint, lithotint, cut, woodcut, stereotype, graphotype, autotype, heliotype, graver, burin, etching point, style, plate, stone, wood block, negative, die, punch, stamp, printing, plate printing, copperplate printing, anastatic printing, color printing, lithographic printing, type printing, three-color process, illustration, illumination, half tone, photogravure, vignette, initial letter, cul de lampe, tailpiece, lapidary, lapidarian, insculptured, engraved, lapidary, sculpsit, imprimit.