Part 3943

<h1>Et cetera, Et c\'91tera</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw><hw>Et` cet"e*ra</hw>, <hw>Et` c\'91t"e*ra</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L. <ets>et</ets> and + <ets>caetera</ets> other things.]</ety> <def>Others of the like kind; and the rest; and so on; -- used to point out that <i>other things</i> which could be mentioned are to be understood. Usually abbreviated into <it>etc.</it> or &c. (<it>&c</it>).</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Etch</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Etch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A variant of <er>Eddish</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Mortimer.</i>

<h1>Etch</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Etch</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Etched</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Etching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[D. <ets>etsen</ets>, G. <ets>\'84tzen</ets> to feed, corrode, etch. MHG. <ets>etzen</ets>, causative of <ets>ezzen</ets> to eat, G. <ets>essen</ets> <?/<?/. See <er>Eat</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid.</def>

<note>&hand; The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then scored or scratched with a needle, or similar instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the lines thus laid bare.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal.</def>

<blockquote>I was <b>etching</b> a plate at the beginning of 1875. <i>Hamerton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To sketch; to delineate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writes, to which they had recourse to <b>etch</b> out their system. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Etch</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Etch</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To practice etching; to make etchings.</def>

<h1>Etcher</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Etch"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who etches.</def>

<h1>Etching</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>Etch"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See <er>Etch</er>, <i>v. t.</i></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An impression on paper, parchment, or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate.</def>

<cs><col>Etching figures</col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>markings produced on the face of a crystal by the action of an appropriate solvent. They have usually a definite form, and are important as revealing the molecular structure.</cd> -- <col>Etching needle</col>, <cd>a sharp-pointed steel instrument with which lines are drawn in the ground or varnish in etching.</cd> -- <col>Etching stitch</col> <fld>(Needlework)</fld>, <cd>a stitch used outline embroidery.</cd></cs>

<h1>Eteostic</h1> <Xpage=512>

<hw>E`te*os"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, year + <?/ row.]</ety> <def>A kind of chronogram.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Eterminable</h1> <Xpage=512>