SILVERPOINT

Meaning of SILVERPOINT in English

■ noun the art of drawing with a silver-pointed instrument on paper prepared with a coating of powdered bone or zinc white, creating a fine indelible line composed of metal fragments.

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SILVERPOINT — noun Date: 1882 a drawing technique utilizing a pencil of silver usually on specially prepared paper or parchment
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SILVERPOINT — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: silver (II) + point 1. : the process of drawing with a pencil of silver usually on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SILVERPOINT — /sil"veuhr poynt'/ , n. 1. a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper. 2. a drawing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SILVERPOINT — noun Date: 1882 : a drawing technique utilizing a pencil of silver usually on specially prepared paper or parchment
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SILVERPOINT — [sil.ver.point] n (1882): a drawing technique utilizing a pencil of silver usu. on specially prepared paper or parchment
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SILVERPOINT — n. Pronunciation: ' sil-v ə r- ˌ po ̇ int Function: noun Date: 1882 : a drawing technique utilizing a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
METAL POINT — or silverpoint Method of drawing with a small sharpened metal rod of lead, copper, gold, or most commonly silver on …
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METAL POINT — descendant of the stylus of classical times and ancestor of the modern pencil, a small, sharpened metal rod used for …
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HOLBEIN, HANS, THE ELDER — born c. 1465, Imperial Free City of Augsburg died 1524, Isenheim, Alsace [now in France] German painter associated with the …
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SPECIALLY — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES specially designed ▪ specially designed software COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE adapted ▪ The brave …
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REMARKABLY — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES remarkably resilient ▪ The company proved remarkably resilient during the recession. remarkably/strikingly/startlingly similar ▪ The …
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PREPARED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a prepared statement (= one that is prepared and then read out ) ▪ His …
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METAL POINT — or silverpoint Method of drawing with a small sharpened metal rod of lead, copper, gold, or most commonly silver on …
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