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melanochalcographer
† melanochalˈcographer Obs. [f. melano- + chalcographer.] An engraver of copper plates for printing.1697 Evelyn Numism. viii. 283 The late Melanochalcographer, N. de Seigen, who first produced the Mezzo-Tinto Graving.
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mezzotinto
‖ mezzotinto, n. and a. (meddzoˈtinto) Also 7 metzo-tincto, mezo tinto, mascy tinter, 8 met(t)zotinto, messo-tinto. [It.: mezzo half, tinto tint.] † 1. In the Italian sense: A half-tint. Obs.1660 A. Durer Revived 18 Take a print done in Metzo-Tincto. 1739 E. Carter tr. Algarotti on Newton's Theory (...
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