Usually means: Intaglio printmaking technique using needle.
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  1. drypoint: Merriam-Webster
  2. drypoint: Wordnik
  3. drypoint: Wiktionary
  4. drypoint: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. drypoint: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. drypoint: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. drypoint: Dictionary.com
  8. Drypoint: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. drypoint: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Drypoint: art glossary
  3. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. drypoint: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (drypoint)

noun:  (uncountable) A technique of intaglio printmaking similar to engraving in which an image is incised into a plate by scratching the surface with a hard, sharp metal (or diamond) point.
noun:  (countable) The needle used in this technique.
noun:  (countable) A print made using this technique.

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