noun a variant of eddish.
2. etch ·vi to practice etching; to make etchings.
3. etch ·vt to sketch; to delineate.
4. etch ·vt to subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal.
5. etch ·vt to produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid.