Copperplate

Word COPPERPLATE
Character 11
Hyphenation cop per plate
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Copperplate"

What do we mean by copperplate?

A copper printing plate engraved or etched to form a recessed pattern of the matter to be printed. noun

A print or engraving made by using such a plate. noun

To engrave or etch on a plate of copper for the production of a printing surface.

A plate of polished copper on which a writing, picture, or design is made in sunken lines by engraving or etching. noun

A print or an impression from such a plate. noun

Engraved or etched on copper, or printed from a copperplate: as, a copperplate engraving.

A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing is engraved. noun

An impression on paper taken from such a plate. noun

See Plate press, under Plate. noun

A copper plate, either etched or engraved, to make a recessed pattern. noun

A print made from such a plate. noun

A style of handwriting based on that used on such prints; English round hand. noun

To engrave on and print from a copperplate verb

A graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings noun

An engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved noun

A print made from an engraved copperplate noun

A copper plate, either etched or engraved, to make a recessed pattern.

A print made from such a plate.

A style of handwriting based on that used on such prints; English round hand.

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The word "copperplate" in example sentences

With this style, the text is etched onto a copperplate, which is pressed into the invitation - creating a raised effect. ❋ Unknown (2008)

On the present occasion he took pains to make it even more careful than usual, and the result was that it looked not unlike the "copperplate" handwriting a girl would learn at the convent, though an expert would probably have declared it disguised. ❋ Unknown (1881)

More formal historic scripts, such as copperplate or Spencerian, use ­either a square nib or quill, or a point. ❋ Jon Henley (2010)

Underneath that, I wrote “In pleaant Dreams” in what was supposed to be copperplate but ended up looking like bad cursive. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Printed, in a fine copperplate script were the words ‘Best Supporting Actors’, and then underneath that, there was an address, a URL, and an e-mail address. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A neat copperplate note records: "Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to extend her grace and mercy unto said Elizabeth Ann Staunton and to grant her a pardon … on condition of her being kept in penal servitude for the term of her natural life." ❋ Unknown (2011)

It includes a bandanna, sold as a souvenir, with the design of the first engraved map of Washington and an 1810 copperplate that was used to print money for the Bank of Columbia in Georgetown. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But it is still elegant and compleat, and Mama found room to underline or make comments in her copperplate handwriting, using peacock-blue fountain pen ink in delicate lines. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Despite many hours first of tracing, then of copying copperplate examples, my handwriting never became other than serviceable at best. ❋ Theodore Dalrymple (2011)

But it all started with those copperplate biblestories. ❋ James Gurney (2010)

He said nothing, but just handed me a card — embossed copperplate. ❋ Jemima Sissons (2010)

The images were printed on copperplate, many of them hand-colored in London under the supervision of engraver Robert Havell, Jr. ❋ Ellen Gamerman (2010)

She examined the work—the lush, hand-printed colors, the beautiful copperplate script. ❋ Gwyn Cready (2010)

The images were then printed on copperplate and colored by hand in London under the supervision of Robert Havell Jr., who engraved many of the book ' s plates. ❋ Ellen Gamerman (2010)

The pages are peopled with untold stories and summaries of difficult lives, written in a few copperplate lines. ❋ Nell Leyshon (2010)

Each page had a story and an illustration, a beautiful copperplate etching. ❋ James Gurney (2010)

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