▸ verb: To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards. ▸ verb: To engrave a surface. ▸ verb: (figuratively) To make a lasting impression. ▸ verb: To sketch; to delineate. ▸ noun: Obsolete form of eddish. [An aftergrowth of grass (or other plants) which grows after it has been mowed; also, a field of such growth.]
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