Definitions for xylography
zaɪˈlɒg rə fixy·log·ra·phy

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1. xylographynoun

   The art of making xylographs.

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1. xylography

   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. Xylographynoun

   the art of engraving on wood

2. Xylographynoun

   the art of making prints from the natural grain of wood

3. Xylographynoun

   a method pf printing in colors upon wood for purposes of house decoration

4. Etymology: [Xylo- + -graphy: cf. F. xylographie.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Xylography

   zi-log′ra-fi, n. the art of engraving on wood.—ns. Xyl′ograph, an impression or print from a wood block: an impression of the grain of wood for surface decoration; Xylog′rapher.—adjs. Xylograph′ic, -al. [Gr. xylon, wood, graphein, to write.]

How to pronounce xylography?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of xylography in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of xylography in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7