plural of etchant

(uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid. / (countable) The image created by this process.

Obsolete form of eddish.

To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.

a needle-sharp steel tool for incising into plates in etching and the production of dry points.

present participle of etch

Alternative form of et cetera

Alternative form of et cetera

plural of etcher

Cut or dug into the surface as by etching. / (of a muscle, body part or person) Toned and with a well-defined musculature.