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retching

English

Verb

retching

  1. present participle of retch

Noun

retching (plural retchings)

  1. The act of one who retches.
    • 1839, The Lancet (volume 1, page 786)
      Mrs. Green, aged 33 years, had been six weeks pregnant, and suffered exceedingly from retchings in consequence.

Translations

Anagrams

  • cringeth

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etching

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?et?.??/
  • Rhymes: -?t???

Noun

etching (plural etchings)

  1. (uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.
    Coordinate term: engraving
    Hypernym: intaglio
    Hyponyms: aquatint, mezzotint
  2. (countable) The image created by this process.
    • "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; []."

Derived terms

  • etching scribe

Translations

Verb

etching

  1. present participle of etch

Further reading

  • etching on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • teching

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