Woodcut
['wʊdkʌt]
Definition
(noun.) engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints.
(noun.) a print made from a woodcut.
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Definition
(n.) An engraving on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut, under Wood.
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Examples
- The accompanying woodcut represents the largest of the four steam-hammers in Keyham factory. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- An apparatus for generating coal gas on a small scale for private establishments, remote from sources of ordinary supply, is represented in the accompanying woodcut. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The accompanying woodcut is a representation of one of Messrs. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Several other cutting machines have since been invented, the simplest of which is the one patented by Mr. Dickinson, which is represented in the woodcut. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The woodcut which lays before you is a reduced copy of Hulls' draught of his steam-boat, as given in his book, a copy of which is preserved in the British Museum. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The picture of the saint was a curious colored woodcut, showing St. Christopher carrying the child Jesus across the water. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The apparatus, of which a representation is given in the annexed woodcut, was very complicated, but the essential parts may be readily understood. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The accompanying woodcut represents a section of the apparatus in its improved form. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The annexed woodcuts show the figure of this Revolver, with the working parts round the lock exposed to view, together with the shape of the revolving chambered breech. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Mr. Cowper recommended the Religious Tract Society to put aside their coarse woodcuts, to have superior wood engravings, and to print with his machine. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The accompanying woodcuts represent an elevation of the Rocket, and a section of its boiler. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Woodcuts were then being printed and needed a stronger press. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mr. Knight, whose services in the cause of educational literature entitle him to the highest praise, expended ￡5,000 a year in woodcuts for this work. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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