En-grāv'ing, n.
n. 1. The act or art of cutting stones, metals, and other hard substances, and representing thereon figures, letters, characters, and devices; especially, the art of producing figures or designs on metal, &c., by incision or corrosion, for the purpose of being subsequently printed on paper.
Sense 2. An engraved plate.
Sense 3. An impression from an engraved plate; a print.