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Definition of "wood-engraver" [wood-engraver]

  • An artist who engraves on wood. (noun)
  • In entomology, any one of several bark-beetles of the genus Xyleborus and allied genera; specifically, X. cælatus. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "wood-engraver" in a sentence
  • "Orrin Smith the wood-engraver -- he who had previously tried to magnetise the idea of a "London Charivari" into life -- received many practical hints of the greatest artistic value."
  • "For some years the success of the Paris "Charivari" had attracted the attention of Mr. Ebenezer Landells, wood-engraver, draughtsman, and newspaper projector."
  • "Thereupon Mr. Duncombe, M.P., upon the complaints of Mazzini, W.J. Linton (the well-known Chartist, and more distinguished wood-engraver), and others, that their letters had been secretly opened, charged Sir"