Mēz'zo-tint or Mez-zo-tin'to, n.

(mēd'zo-, or mēz'zo-), n. [It., from mezzo, middle, half, and tinto, tint, from Lat. tinctus, tinctum, P. P. of tingere, to dye, color, tinge. See MEZZO.] A particular manner of engraving on copper, in imitation of painting in India ink. To perform this, the drawing is made on a surface previously roughened, and the roughness then removed by scraping, burnishing, &c., so as to produce the requisite light and shade.