Hypertext Webster Gateway: "intaglio"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Intaglio \In*tagl"io\, n.; pl. E. {Intaglius}, It. {Intagli}.
[It., fr. intagliare to engrave, carve; pref. in- in +
tagliare to cut, carve. See {Detail}.]
A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a
gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of
the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a
gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to {cameo}. Also used
adjectively.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
intaglio
n : glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or
carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo) [syn: {diaglyph}]
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