ENGRA'VING, participle present tense Cutting or marking stones or metals, with a chisel or graver; imprinting. ENGRA'VING, noun The act or art of cutting stones, metals and other hard substances, and representing thereon figures, letters, characters and devices; a branch of sculpture.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI