(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.

present participle of etch

plural of etching

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of etch

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.

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

simple past tense and past participle of etch

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

plural of etching scribe