En*grav"er (?), n. One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood.
En*grav"er*y (?), n. The trade or work of an engraver. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
En*grav"ing, n. 1. The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.