intaglio

intaglio has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively.
• n.. glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo)
• n.. a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print