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  • etch — etch·ant; etch·e·min; etch·er; etch; mac·ro·etch; pho·to·etch; re·etch; coun·ter·etch; …   English syllables

  • Etch — may refer to...*Etch (protocol): an open source, cross platform, multi language framework for building network services released by Cisco Systems into the Apache Software Foundation. *Etch, a character from the film Toy Story, based on the Etch A …   Wikipedia

  • Etch — Etch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Etched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Etching}.] [D. etsen, G. [ a]tzen to feed, corrode, etch. MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen ??. See {Eat}.] 1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • etch — [etʃ] v [Date: 1600 1700; : Dutch; Origin: etsen, from German ätzen to feed ; because originally the lines were eaten into the metal with acid] 1.) [I and T] to cut lines on a metal plate, piece of glass, stone etc to form a picture or words etch …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • etch´er — etch «ehch», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to engrave (a design) on metal, glass, wood, mineral, or plastic by acid or heat that burns lines into it. Filled with ink, the lines of the design will reproduce a copy on paper. 2. to engrave (metal, glass,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Etch — Etch, n. A variant of {Eddish}. [Obs.] Mortimer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Etch — Etch, v. i. To practice etching; to make etchings. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • etch — 1630s, to engrave by eating away the surface of with acids, from Du. etsen, from Ger. ätzen to etch, from O.H.G. azzon cause to bite, feed, from P.Gmc. *atjanan, causative of *etanan eat (see EAT (Cf. eat)). Related: Etched; etching …   Etymology dictionary

  • etch — [ etʃ ] verb intransitive or transitive to make marks on a hard surface by cutting into it a. to use acid to make marks on a metal surface in order to make a picture called an etching …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • etch — vb incise, engrave, Carve, chisel, sculpture, sculpt, sculp …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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