Usually means: Drawing technique using silver wire.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. silverpoint: Merriam-Webster
  2. silverpoint: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. silverpoint: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. silverpoint: Collins English Dictionary
  5. silverpoint: Vocabulary.com
  6. silverpoint: Wiktionary
  7. silverpoint: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. silverpoint: Dictionary.com
  9. Silverpoint: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. silverpoint: Rhymezone
  11. silverpoint: FreeDictionary.org
  12. silverpoint: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. silverpoint: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. silverpoint: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. SILVERPOINT: Glossary of Art Terms

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. silverpoint: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (silverpoint)

noun:  (uncountable) A traditional technique for drawing by dragging a silvern rod or wire across a surface, often prepared with gesso or primer.
noun:  (countable) An artwork produced by this technique.

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