Crossword-Solution: DRYPOINT
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Steel needle for engraving | 1 answer |
| Etching needle. | 2 answers |
| Engraving | 12 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
ERAA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with DRYPOINT (5)
Moreover, I had myself pulled proofs of them all; indeed, one in the set of sixteen plates, a drypoint, called "The Forge" (for by the way they were not all of the Thames), I alone printed.
There is, for instance, outline of every degree of boldness or fineness, from the strong black half-inch outline and upwards used in mosaic-work and stained-glass leading; the outline of the pattern designer for block-printing; the outline of the pen draughtsman for process-work or woodcut; and so on, down to the hair-line of the drypoint etcher.
Today, we tend to consider drypoint a very fugitive medium, because the burr perishes so quickly under the pressure of the printing press.
Rembrandt undoubtedly had fewer inhibitions about drypoint, for he could expect his harder copper to hold up longer, perhaps for as many as fifty excellent prints from the same plate.
This enables a drypoint needle to move freely in any direction without encountering the resistance of a grain.
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Appears in: NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1962–2015).