1. A figure or design carved into or beneath the surface of hard metal or stone.
2. the art or process of carving a design in this manner.
3. A gemstone carved in intaglio.
4. printing done with a plate bearing an image in intaglio.
5. A die incised so as to produce a design in relief.

1. A design or piece of art which is engraved or etched into something.
2. any printing method in which the ink is laid upon the sunken parts of the printing form.

1. A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to

1. to incise; engrave with a sunk pattern or design.
2. incised engraving as opposed to carving in relief; ornamentation by lines, patterns, figures, etc., sunk or hollowed below the surface.
3. hence A figure or work so produced; an incised representation or design.

1. glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo)
2. a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print