etch

[Etch]

If you etch something you are cutting into it. You can etch "I ♥ U" into a tree trunk with a pocket knife or etch your initials in your desk with a key (if the teacher's not looking).

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A variant of Eddish.

Verb
make an etching of

n.
A variant of Eddish.

v. t.
To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid.

v. t.
To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal.

v. t.
To sketch; to delineate.

v. i.
To practice etching; to make etchings.

Etch

Etch , n. A variant of Eddish. [Obs.] Mortimer.

Etch

Etch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Etched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Etching.] [D. etsen, G. '84tzen to feed, corrode, etch. MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen . See Eat.] 1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid. &hand; The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then scored or scratched with a needle, or similar instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the lines thus laid bare. 2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal.

I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875.

3. To sketch; to delineate. [R.]

There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch out their system.

Etch

Etch, v. i. To practice etching; to make etchings.

A variant of Eddish.

To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid.

To practice etching; to make etchings.

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Usage Examples

I think President Obama could have handled politics and policies differently. But he has been decisive, strong, and consistent - important qualities in a president. Mitt Romney is indeed an Etch A Sketch, the antithesis of leadership.

Misspelled Form

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