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DRY POINT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A steel needle for engraving without acid on a bare copper plate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dry point" is a kind of...):

needle (a sharp pointed implement (usually steel))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A print produced by dry point engraving

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dry point" is a kind of...):

engraving (a print made from an engraving)

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