etcher

etch /ɛtʃ/USA pronunciation v.

Printing, Fine Artto engrave or cut into (a surface) with an acid, knife, or the like, esp. so as to form a design that can be transferred to paper: [no object]She enjoys etching.[~ + object]The sculptor etched the gravestone with a chisel.
Printing, Fine Art to produce (a design, image, etc.) by this method, as on copper or glass:[~ + object]The Swedish crystal was etched with a geometric design.
to outline clearly or sharply: delineate:[~ + object]His face was etched with lines of age and sorrow.
to fix or imprint firmly:[~ + object]His face is etched in my memory.

etch•er, n. [countable]

etch (ech),USA pronunciation v.t.

Printing, Fine Artto cut, bite, or corrode with an acid or the like;
engrave with an acid or the like, as to form a design in furrows that when charged with ink will give an impression on paper.
Printing, Fine Artto produce (a design, image, etc.) by this method, as on copper or glass.
to outline clearly or sharply;
delineate, as a person's features or character.
to fix permanently in or implant firmly on the mind;
root in the memory:Our last conversation is etched in my memory.
Geologyto cut (a feature) into the surface of the earth by means of erosion:A deep canyon was etched into the land by the river's rushing waters.

v.i.

German ätzen to etch, origin, originally cause to eat; cognate with Old English ettan to graze; akin to eat
Dutch etsen
1625–35

etch′er, n.

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