Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mezzotint"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mezzotint \Mez"zo*tint\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mezzotint \Mez"zo*tint\, v. t.
To engrave in mezzotint.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mezzotint
n : print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to
represent light or shade
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