Definition of "linocut" [linocut]

• A variant of woodcut in which a block of linoleum is used for the relief surface (noun)

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• "So, learning how to see a linocut has been a lot more difficult than learning how to use the sharp tools or even the actual techniques involved."
• "But the story is enlivened by photographs, Evon Zerbetz's striking linocut illustrations, and excerpts from the Marzluffs' journals, which add a certain immediacy to recollections now more two decades old: "We hear the deck and even the trees popping, like shots from a rifle, especially when the temperature drops ­below 0° F," Colleen writes."
• "This is Chittaprosad's illustration for Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Mermaid,' dated Nov. 27, 1968. linocut print on paper, 28.5 cm X 22.9 cm"