mezzotint vs shive

mezzotint

noun
  • A form of intaglio etching in which a metal plate is roughened evenly and then smoothed to bring out an image. 

  • An etching or print made using this method. 

verb
  • To make such etchings 

shive

noun
  • A piece of thread or fluff on the surface of cloth or other material. 

  • A beam or plank of split wood. 

  • A slice, especially of bread. 

  • A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle. 

  • A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching 

  • A plant fragment remaining in scoured wool. 

  • A dark particle or impurity in finished paper resulting from a bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the pulp. 

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