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Example sentences for "etch"

Lexicographically close words:
etas; etat; etatis; etcetera; etceteras; etched; etcher; etchers; etching; etchings
  1. Royal Engineers blocked Etch and also Fell (it would seem doubtful, from this statement, whether Fell was ever held).

  2. The acid used to etch the surface has darkened the parts richest in copper, while those richest in tin remained white.

  3. By no flux or dilution of acid can you ever etch a curl of hair or a cloud; and if you think you can etch the gradations of coarser things, it is only because you have never seen them.

  4. Phiz" was exceedingly rapid in his work when time was limited, and could design and etch a plate in the course of a day, and have it bitten-in and ready for the printer by the next morning.

  5. Phiz" received fifteen guineas each for his early plates, but sometimes agreed to accept smaller fees; he estimated that it took him ten days to prepare and etch four designs.

  6. The alteration in the size of the illustrations for this cheap edition necessitated larger plates, so that the artist was compelled to re-etch his designs.

  7. The terms were, that Turner was to etch and Lewis to aquatint at five guineas a plate.

  8. Daguerre learned how to let one flower etch its image on his plate of iodine; and then proceeds at leisure to etch a million.

  9. The action of the gum does not appear to be clearly understood, the nitric acid obviously will etch the stone, so that the gum will easily penetrate.

  10. The third etch follows, after which the metal is thoroughly cleansed from all the ink, etc.

  11. How to Etch the Flash off a Flashed Glass with Acid.

  12. By this process you can etch the flash off the flashed glasses where you like.

  13. You can not afford to allow the enemies of your peace and happiness to etch their black pictures deeper and deeper into your consciousness.

  14. You can not afford to allow the enemies of your happiness and your manhood or womanhood to etch their miserable images deeper and deeper into your life and character as you sleep.

  15. When this drawing is dry, etch it into pretty high relief, the higher the better.

  16. This induced Herr Steiner to let me etch a few small pictures for a catechism.

  17. Then etch this design pretty powerfully into intaglio, after which wash with water, rinse with alum solution, and dry.

  18. Etch with aquafortis and prepare with gum.

  19. Therefore it is best in such cases to polish the ends of the stone with pumice stone till all dirt is gone, and then to etch with diluted acid and prepare anew with gum arabic.

  20. He proposed to have an exactly similar cylinder made, which I was to etch in the same design, so that competitive impressions could be made with both cylinders.

  21. It is best to etch the coarser parts specially with a small brush and stronger etching solution, and it is very good to wash the stone with clean water after etching and let it dry completely before coating with gum.

  22. Now clean the stone well with water, ink-in with acid-proof ink, and etch it again as has been described several times.

  23. I took in two of my brothers, Theobald and George, who had been in the theatre hitherto, and taught them to write and etch on stone.

  24. Those who have a very light touch may etch their pens to great thinness, and will be enabled to do very delicate work.

  25. Set it aside for a while, that the color may concentrate so that it will resist the acid well, and then etch the stone to the desired degree.

  26. Daguerre learned how to let one flower etch its image on his plate of iodine, and then proceeds at leisure to etch a million.

  27. In reply to remonstrances, he gave the reasonable explanation that no man could etch all day long.

  28. Visualizing them would merely etch their reality deeper and deeper in his consciousness, and the suggestion would be conveyed into the patient's consciousness.

  29. We are all living sensitive plates on which the example, the thoughts and suggestions of others, our own thoughts and habits, our associations and surroundings indelibly etch themselves.

  30. We are told that some aquafortis having fallen by accident upon his spectacles, the glass was corroded by it; and that he thence learned to make a liquid by which he could etch writing and figures upon plates of glass[222].

  31. Kirchmaier calls this mineral also hesperus and vesperugo; and these names have been often given since to fluor-spar, as in the receipt before-mentioned for making a liquid to etch on glass.

  32. Thus, it may be well sometimes to etch at first only the simple outline, biting it in more or less vigorously, according to the nature of the case (see Pl.

  33. I etch upon an unsmoked ground, and as the Dutch mordant bites a black line, I see my etching clearly as it advances, By holding the head well over the plate, the lines can be very distinctly seen as they are drawn.

  34. The charcoal will leave the surface in a fit state to etch upon.

  35. To etch the plate it is immersed in a solution of 5 gr.

  36. To etch the transfer add a few drops of this solution to a solution of gum of a syrupy consistency; spread over the stone with a soft sponge, and allow to dry.

  37. When about to clean the slab, the thought flashed across his mind why not etch the stone with a dilute solution of nitric acid?

  38. Now dust over with resin and French chalk, and etch again with the etching solution, full strength.

  39. Make the necessary erasures with water of Ayr stone and etch with fairly strong nitric acid.

  40. With a piece of water of Ayr stone polish away any scum or dirt which may surround the work, and etch it quickly with a weak solution of nitric acid.

  41. Let it stand for about 10 minutes and then slightly etch it with a very weak solution of nitric acid.

  42. When the work becomes fully charged with ink, dust it over with a mixture of resin and French chalk, and etch it with the acid etching solution.


  43. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "etch" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.