mezzotint

noun

1. a method of engraving on copper or steel by burnishing or scraping away a uniformly roughened surface.
2. a print produced by this method.

verb (used with object)

3. to engrave in mezzotint.

noun

1. a method of engraving a copper plate by scraping and burnishing the roughened surface
2. a print made from a plate so treated

verb

3. (tr) to engrave (a copper plate) in this fashion

n.1738; see mezzo + tint. As a verb, from 1827.