pyˈrography
[f. pyro- 1 + -graphy.]
† 1. A description of fire-arms. Obs.
| 1684 tr. Agrippa's Van. Arts xxii. 67 The several varieties of Guns and Fire-vomiting Engines, of which lately my self have written a..Treatise, Entituled Pyrographie. |
2. a. A method of wood-carving by means of heated metallic plates or cylinders in relief, by which the design is burned into the substance of the wood (Knight
Dict. Mech. 1875).
b. The art of making drawings or designs on wood, bone, etc. by means of a heated metallic point:
= poker-work.
| 1891 M. Maude Pyrography iii. 43 Bone and Ivory form very delicate grounds for Pyrography in small work. 1895 Mrs. Stevens in Proc. 14th Convent. Teach. Deaf 366 The ‘Legend of Sleepy Hollow’, done in pyrography on the wood-work of a fire-place. |
So
ˈpyrograph v. intr., to practise pyrography or poker-work;
pyˈrographer,
pyˈrographist, one who practises or is skilled in pyrography;
pyroˈgraphic a., pertaining to, done by, or using pyrography;
pyrogravure (
ˌpaɪərəʊgrəˈvjʊə(r))
= pyrography 2 b, poker-work.
| 1891 M. Maude Pyrography iv. 56 The general tones of the animal to be *Pyrographed. Ibid. v. 80 Pyrographed frames for sepia drawings. |
| 1811 Jos. Smith in Fowler Corr. (1906) 204 To send you the *Pyrographic Picture you ordered of me. 1895 Mrs. Stevens in Proc. 14th Convent. Teach. Deaf 366 Some very fine specimens of pyrographic work. |
| 1891 M. Maude Pyrography ii. 28 A very clever lady *Pyrographist. |
| 1888 Sci. Amer. 9 June 353 *Pyrogravure is a new method of engraving in black, reddish brown, bister, etc., by the use of a red hot metallic point. 1901 N. Amer. Rev. Adv. Feb. 2 This panel and the rest of the wood-work are in pyrogravure. |