Dry Point

Definition: Dry Point

1. A print produced by dry point engraving.

2. Engraving consisting of an intaglio plate engraved with a sharp steel needle.

Synonyms within Context: Dry Point

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Engraving	Noun: engraving, chalcography; line engraving, mezzotint engraving, stipple engraving, chalk engraving; dry point, bur; etching, aquatinta; chiseling; plate engraving, copperplate engraving, steel engraving, wood engraving; xylography, lignography, glyptography, cerography, lithography, chromolithography, photolithography, zincography, glyphography, xylograph, lignograph, glyptograph, cerograph, lithograph, chromolithograph, photolithograph, zincograph, glyphograph, holograph.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Photo Album: Dry Point

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	Pen and pencil drawing of American Wigeons by Alden Lassel Ripley, famous for his wildlife etchings, murals, dry point and oil paintings. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page.		Dry point etching on copper of Wood Ducks by Walter E. Bohl, famous for his game bird renderings. Several of the artist's etchings are in a permanent collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Modern Translation: Dry Point

Language		Translations for "dry point"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Czech		suchá jehla. (various references)

Hungarian		rézmetszés (chalcography, line engraving). (various references)

Pig Latin		ydray ointpay

Swedish		torrnålsgravyr, torrnål. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings: Dry Point

Anagrams: Dry Point

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: drypoint.
	Words within the letters "d-i-n-o-p-r-t-y"
	-1 letter: tripody.
	-2 letters: pointy, torpid, tripod, tropin.
	-3 letters: dirty, dorty, dript, droit, dropt, intro, irony, nitro, orpin, pinot, pinto, piton, poind, point, porny, print, prion, pyoid, tondi.
	-4 letters: dint, dipt, dirt, doit, dopy, dorp, dory, doty, drip, drop, inro, into, iron, nodi, noir, nori, pint, piny, pion, pirn, pity, pond, pony, porn, port, prod, pyin.
	Words containing the letters "d-i-n-o-p-r-t-y"
	+1 letter: drypoints.
	+2 letters: decryption, profundity.
	+3 letters: decryptions, providently.
	+4 letters: dispensatory, rehypnotized.
	+5 letters: dryopithecine, expeditionary, improvidently, periodontally, predominantly, predominately.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Misspellings
	"Dry Point" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: drypoint. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).