cerography
(sɪˈrɒgrəfɪ)
[ad. Gr. κηρογραϕία painting with wax, encaustic painting, f. κηρός wax + -γραϕία writing.]
Writing or painting on or in wax. a. Applied to the encaustic painting of the ancients. b. ‘Engraving on wax spread on a sheet of copper, from which a stereotype plate is taken’ (Webster, 1856).
So ˈcerograph, a writing or engraving on wax; an encaustic painting. ceroˈgraphic, -ical, a., pertaining to cerography. ceˈrographist, one skilled in cerography.
| 1593 B. Barnes Parthen. & P. in Arb. Garner V. 465 Which Cerography In unknown character of Victory, Nature hath set. 1731 Bailey Vol. II, Cerography, a painting or writing in wax. 1846 S. E. Morse Geography Title, Illustrated with more than fifty cerographic maps. Ibid. Pref. 5 The new art of Cerography is applied for the first time to the illustration of a work of this kind. |