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Definitions: Engraver |
EngraverNoun1. A skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching. 2. A printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "engraver" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Bible | Engraver Heb. harash (Ex. 35:35; 38:23) means properly an artificer in wood, stone, or metal. The chief business of the engraver was cutting names or devices on rings and seals and signets (Ex. 28:11, 21, 36; Gen. 38:18). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
| Engraves monograms, coats of arms, and ornamental designs on glass and glassware, using copper, steel, or stone wheels: Traces or sketches design on glass or glassware, using stencil and china-marking pencil, chalk, or brush pen. Mounts wheel of specified size and miter on lathe. Pours water in pans beneath abrasive cutting wheel to cool wheel and prevent dust when grinding glass. Starts lathe and holds glass or glassware against outer edge of wheel, twisting and turning article so that wheel will grind glass according to marked design. May originate and suggest designs to customer or management. May dress and shape cutting wheels by holding dressing stone against rotating wheel. May brush or smear abrasive on cutting wheel. May polish engravings, using felt and cork wheels. May be designated according to type of wheel used as Steel-Wheel Engraver (glass prod.). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Artist | Noun: artist; painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer, engraver; master, old master; draftsman, draughtsman; copyist, dauber, hack; enamel, enameler, enamelist; caricaturist. |
Historical painter, landscape painter, marine painter, flower painter, portrait painter, miniature painter, miniaturist, scene painter, sign painter, coach painter; engraver; Apelles; sculptor, carver, chaser, modeler, figuriste, statuary; Phidias, Praxiteles; Royal Academician. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Engraver (1913) | |
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 | Joshua Brookes, Esqre. : Professor of Anatomy, F.R.S. F.L.S. &c. &c. / Painted by B. E. Duppa. Engraved by Wm. Ward, Engraver to His Majesty.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Monument to Thomas Guy in the Chapel of Guy's Hospital / J. Bacon R.A. Inv. F. Bartolozzi R.A. engraver.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Line engraving published in the "Hibernian Magazine", Dublin, Ireland, August 1776. As with most contemporary "Hibernian Magazine" portraits, this is probably a purely fanciful representation of the subject. The engraver also provided an incorrect forename for Hopkins.Credit: NAVY. |  | John Dalziel, English wood engraver, my teacher, about 1876.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Alexander Dalrymple, esqr., late hydrographer to the Admiralty] / Blood, engraver.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Geo. Clymer / J.B. Longacre, engraver.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | St. Nicholas Restaurant. Shell oysters received daily by express. ... B. Roth & Sons, prop'rs / C.N. Morris, engraver & printer, Cin.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | North-western view of Charleston, So. Ca. / lithographed & published by W. Keenan ; Wm. Keenan, engraver & lithographer.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Engraver" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Engraver" is used about 41 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 41 | 53,521 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "engraver". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Hukkok | N/A | Biblical | Engraver |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "engraver": copper engraver ♦ glass engraver ♦ photo engraver ♦ wood engraver. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "engraver": artist-engraver, gem-engraver, gold-engraver, line-engraver, map-engraver, Photo-engraver. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
laser engraver | 116 |
engraver | 72 |
used laser engraver | 8 |
engraver hermes | 7 |
engraver roland | 7 |
used engraver | 6 |
metal engraver | 6 |
glass engraver | 6 |
engraver machine | 6 |
cnc engraver | 5 |
igor engraver | 5 |
dahlgren engraver | 4 |
engraver igor serial | 4 |
dremel engraver | 4 |
high speed engraver | 4 |
concrete engraver | 3 |
engraver photo | 3 |
engraver giftware | 3 |
engraver work | 3 |
computerized engraver | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "engraver"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | skalitës (carver, chaser, sculptor), gdhendës (carver, chaser, etcher, graver, sculptor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نقاش نحات على الخشب, نقاش حفار (graver, inscriber, sculptor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | резец (chisel, cutter, edge, foretooth, incisor), гравьор (graver, lapidary), длето (chisel, cutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rytec. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | gravoer, gravør. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | edelmetaalgraveerder, graveur, graveerder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kaivertaja. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | graveur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | graveur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χαράκτης κοσμημάτων, χαράκτης (marker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חרת, 'לף (carver, lapicide, zincographer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vésnök (graver, lapidary, metal engraver, sinker), véső (chisel, gouge), gravírozógép. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pengulur, pengukir (carver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | incisore (carver, cutter head, cutting head, graver, mechanical recording head, recording head). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 彫工 (carver, sculptor), 彫り物師 (carver, tattoo artist), 彫刻家 (carver), 彫刻師 (carver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ほりものし (carver, tattoo artist), ちょう"くか (carver), ちょう"くし (carver), ちょう"う (auditing, blushing, bringing tribute, carver, Changjiang River, composure and dignity, favor, grace, indication, lecture attendance, lengthy consideration, lengthy lecture, omen, sculptor, sign, symptom, thickness, Yangtze River). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | graueder (carver), grainneyder (carver, graver, statuary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | engraveray gravador de ourivesaria, gravador (carver, cutter head, cutting head, engraving, graver, mechanical recording head, recorder, recording head, sinker, tape recorder), fixar (affix, allocate, append, appoint, assign, clench, cling to, define, determine, fasten, firmament, fix, get caught on, impair, joggle, Lodge, make fast, nail, pin, pitch, plant, put, record, rivet, root, secure, steady, tie). (various references) gravor (carver, etcher, graver), cizelator (chaser). (various references) гравер (carver, chaser, etcher). (various references) graver (die sinker, graver). (various references) grabador (cutter head, cutting head, mechanical recording head, recording head). (various references) gravör (carver). (various references) oymacı (carver, etcher, lapidary, sculptor, wood engraver), hakkâk (carver). (various references) гравер (carver, chaser, etcher). (various references) người thợ khắc, người thợ chạm máy khắc, dao khắc (burin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 38, Verse 23 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | OutoV epoihsen panta ta skeuh tou qusiasthriou kai to pureion autou kai thn basin kai taV fialaV kai taV kreagraV calkaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Iuncto sibi socio Hooliab filio Achisamech de tribu Dan qui et ipse artifex lignorum egregius fuit et polymitarius atque plumarius ex hyacintho purpura vermiculo et bysso |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Ioyned to hym a felawe, Ooliab, the sone of Achisamech, of the lynage of Dan, the which and he was a noble crafti man of trees, and a browdrer, and a worcher with nedlis, of iacynct, and purpur, `reed clooth, and bijs. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And with hi Ahaliab sonne of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan, a conynge grauer ad a worker of nedle worke In Iacincte, scarlett, purple ad bysse. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; a designer and a trained workman, expert in needlework of blue and purple and red and the best linen. |
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| Language | Exodus Chapter 38, Verse 23 |
| Bulgarian | и с него беше Елиав, Ахисамаховия син, от "ановото племе, резбар и изкусен художник, и везач на синьо, на мораво, на червено и на висон. |
| Cebuano | Ug uban kaniya si Ahiliab, ang anak nga lalake ni Ahisamach, sa banay ni Dan, nga usa ka magkukulit, ug batid nga magbubuhat ug magbobolda sa azul, ug sa purpura, ug sa mapula, ug sa lino nga fino. |
| Chinese | 與 他 同 工 的 、 有 但 " 派 中 、 亞 希 '' 抹 的 ' 子 亞 何 利 亞 伯 、 他 是 雕 刻 、 又 是 巧 、 又 能 " 藍 色 紫 色 朱 紅 色 線 、 ' 細 麻 繡 花 。 |
| Croatian | S njim je bio Oholiab, sin Ahisamakov, iz plemena Danova, rezbar, krojaè i vezilac za ljubièasto, crveno i tamnocrveno predivo i prepredeni lan. |
| Danish | sammen med Oholiab, Ahisamaks Søn, af Dans Stamme, som udførte Udskæringsarbejdet, Kunstvævningen og den brogede Vævning af violet og rødt Purpur, Karmoisin og Byssus. |
| Dutch | En met hem Aholiab, de zoon van Ahisamach, van den stam van Dan, een werkmeester en vernuftig kunstenaar, en een borduurder in hemelsblauw, en in purper, en in scharlaken, en in fijn linnen. |
| Finnish | ja hänellä oli apulaisena Oholiab, Ahisamakin poika, Daanin sukukunnasta, seppä ja kuvakudosten tekijä; tämä valmisti kirjokankaita punasinisistä, purppuranpunaisista ja helakanpunaisista langoista ja valkoisista pellavalangoista. |
| French | il eut pour aide Oholiab, fils d`Ahisamac, de la tribu de Dan, habile graver, inventer, et broder sur les étoffes teintes en bleu, en pourpre, en cramoisi, et sur le fin lin. |
| German | und mit ihm Oholiab, der Sohn Ahisamachs, vom Stamme Dan, ein Meister zu schneiden, zu wirken und zu sticken mit blauem und rotem Purpur, Scharlach und weißer Leinwand. |
| Haitian Creole | Se Owoliyab, pitit Ayisamak, nan branch fanmi Dann lan, ki te ede l'. Owoliyab sa a te yon bon bòs atizan ki te konn fè desen. Li te konn bwode lenn ble, violèt ak wouj ansanm ak twal fen blan. |
| Hungarian | És vele együtt Aholiáb, Akhiszamák fia, Dán nemzetségébõl a ki mester vala a faragásban, a kötõ és hímzõmunkában, kék, és bíborpiros, és karmazsinszínû, és lenfonállal. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pembantunya, Aholiab anak Ahisamakh dari suku Dan, adalah seorang tukang ukir, perancang dan penenun kain linen halus, serta wol biru, ungu dan merah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kawannya itulah Aholiab bin Ahisamakh, dari pada suku Dan, seorang tukang yang pandai dan yang dapat menyuji dengan benang yang biru laut dan ungu dan kirmizi warnanya dan dengan bisus. |
| Italian | insieme con lui Ooliab, figlio di Achisamach della tribù di Dan, intagliatore, decoratore e ricamatore di porpora viola, porpora rossa, scarlatto e bisso. |
| Korean | 단 지 파 아 히 사 막 의 아 " 오 홀 리 압 은 그 와 함 께 하 였 으 니 오 홀 리 압 은 재 능 이 있 어 서 조 각 하 며 또 청 색, 자 색, 홍 색 실 과, 가 " 실 로 수 " 은 자 " 라 |
| Maori | Ko tona hoa ko Ahoriapa, tama a Ahihamaka no te iwi o Rana, he kaimahi, he mea mohio, he kaiwhakairo hoki i te puru, i te papura, i te ngangana, i te rinena pai. |
| Modern Greek | Και ητο μετ' αυτου Ελιαβ, ο υιος του Αχισαμαχ, εκ φυλης "αν, εγχαρακτης και ευμηχανος τεχνιτης και κεντητης εις κυανουν και εις πορφυρουν και εις κοκκινον και εις βυσσον. |
| Norwegian | og sammen med ham Oholiab, Akisamaks sønn, av Dans stamme, som var kyndig i utskjæring og i kunstvevning og utsyning med blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull og med fint lingarn - : |
| Portuguese | e com ele Aoliabe, filho de Aisamaque, da tribo de Dã, gravador, desenhista, e bordador em azul, púrpura, carmesim e linho fino. |
| Rumanian | El a avut ca ajutor pe Oholiab, fiul lui Ahisamac, din seminyia lui Dan, mewter la sqpat kn pietre, la cioplit cu mewtewug, wi la lucrat pe gherghef kn materiile vqpsite kn albastru, kn purpuriu, kn cqrmiziu, wi kn in subyire. |
| Spanish | junto con Oholiab hijo de Ajisamac, de la tribu de Dan, quien era artífice, diseñador y bordador en material azul, en púrpura, en carmesí y en lino. |
| Swedish | och till medhjälpare hade han Oholiab, Ahisamaks son, av Dans stam, en man kunnig i snideri och konstvävnad och i konsten att väva brokigt med mörkblått, purpurrött, rosenrött och vitt garn. |
| Thai | ผู้ร่วมงานกับเขาคือ โอโฮลีอับ บุตรชายอาหิสะมัคแห่งตระกูล"าน เป็นช่างฝีมือ ช่างออกแบบและช่าง"้ายสีใช้"้ายสีฟ้า สีม่วง สีแ"งเข้ม และผ้าป่านเนื้อละเอีย" |
| Ukrainian | А з ним Оголіяв, син Ахісамахів, "анового племени, оброблювач, і мистець, і гаптівник блакиттю, і пурпуром, і червенню, і віссоном. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "engraver": engravers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "engraver": photoengraver. (additional references) | |
Words containing "engraver": photoengravers. (additional references) | |
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"Engraver" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Encreve, engravy, engrelee, Evgraf, Neuraker. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "engraver" (pronounced ungrā"ver) |
| 5 | -g r ā" v er | graver. |
| 4 | -r ā" v er | braver, craver, raver. |
| 3 | -ā" v er | aver, caver, disfavor, Favor, Flavor, Laver, paver, saver, savor, shaver, waiver, waver. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-n-r-r-v" | |
-1 letter: avenger, engrave, ravener. | |
-2 letters: avenge, earner, enrage, garner, genera, geneva, graven, graver, greave, nearer, ranger, reaver, reearn, regave, regear, verger. | |
-3 letters: agene, agree, anger, eager, eagre, ganev, genre, gnarr, grave, green, nerve, never, ragee, ranee, range, raven, raver, reave, regna, reran, veena, vegan, venae, venge, verge. | |
-4 letters: agee, ager, aver, earn, eave, eger, erne, even, ever, gaen, gane, gave, gear, gene, gnar, gran, gree, nave, near, neve, rage, rang, rare, rave, rear, vane, vang, veer, vena, vera. | |
-5 letters: age, ane, are, ave, ear, eng, era, ere, erg, ern, err, eve, gae, gan, gar, gee, gen, nae, nag, nee, rag, ran, ree, reg, rev, van, var, vee, veg. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-n-r-r-v" | |
+1 letter: engravers, reengrave. | |
+2 letters: reengraved, reengraves. | |
+3 letters: governorate, overarrange, overbearing, overfearing, overgarment, overhearing, overwearing, preaverring, reengraving. | |
+4 letters: governorates, overarranged, overarranges, overclearing, overgarments, overlearning, overorganize, overreaching, overreacting, overtreating, overwatering, privateering, regenerative, reinvigorate. | |
+5 letters: interrogative, overasserting, overbearingly, overbreathing, overeagerness, overencourage, overmastering, overoperating, overorganized, overorganizes, overspreading, perseverating, photoengraver, reinnervating, reintegrative, reinvigorated, reinvigorates, reverberating, transgressive, verbigeration. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6E 67 72 61 76 65 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101110 01100111 01110010 01100001 01110110 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E n g r a v e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006E 0067 0072 0061 0076 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3980738467887184 |
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