Definitions for woodcut
ˈwʊdˌkʌtwood·cut

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1. woodcut, wood engravingnoun

   a print made from a woodcut

2. woodcut, wood block, wood engravingnoun

   engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints

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1. woodcutnoun

   A print or a method of printmaking from an engraved block of wood.

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1. Woodcut

   Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts. Areas that the artist cuts away carry no ink, while characters or images at surface level carry the ink to produce the print. The block is cut along the wood grain (unlike wood engraving, where the block is cut in the end-grain). The surface is covered with ink by rolling over the surface with an ink-covered roller (brayer), leaving ink upon the flat surface but not in the non-printing areas. Multiple colors can be printed by keying the paper to a frame around the woodblocks (using a different block for each color). The art of carving the woodcut can be called "xylography", but this is rarely used in English for images alone, although that and "xylographic" are used in connection with block books, which are small books containing text and images in the same block. They became popular in Europe during the latter half of the 15th century. A single-sheet woodcut is a woodcut presented as a single image or print, as opposed to a book illustration. Since its origins in China, the practice of woodcut has spread around the world from Europe to other parts of Asia, and to Latin America.

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1. woodcut

   A woodcut is a type of printmaking technique that involves carving an image onto a wooden surface and then using that surface to print onto paper or fabric. The parts of the wood that are cut away remain blank, while the remaining parts are inked and pressed onto the material to create the image. This technique is one of the oldest methods of printing, originating in East Asia and later adopted in Europe.

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1. Woodcutnoun

   an engraving on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut, under Wood

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1. Woodcut

   Woodcut—occasionally known as xylography—is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed, typically with gouges. The areas to show 'white' are cut away with a knife or chisel, leaving the characters or image to show in 'black' at the original surface level. The block is cut along the grain of the wood. The surface is covered with ink by rolling over the surface with an ink-covered roller, leaving ink upon the flat surface but not in the non-printing areas. Multiple colors can be printed by keying the paper to a frame around the woodblocks. The art of carving the woodcut can be called "xylography", but this is rarely used in English for images alone, although that and "xylographic" are used in connection with blockbooks, which are small books containing text and images in the same block. Single-leaf woodcut is a term for a woodcut presented as a single image or print, as opposed to a book illustration.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of woodcut in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of woodcut in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=woodcut
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Woodcut
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodcut
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woodcut
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=woodcut
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=woodcut