Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A block of wood on whose surface a design for printing is engraved along the grain.
- noun A print made from a woodcut.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An engraving on wood, or a print from such an engraving. See
woodengraving .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An engraving on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut, under
wood .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
print or amethod ofprintmaking from anengraved block ofwood .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a print made from a woodcut
- noun engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints
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Examples
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However, in the old male skulls that I’ve seen (see accompanying images: the woodcut is from Alfred Russel Wallace’s 1869 The Malay Archipelago), the tips of the upper canines begin the anterodorsal part of their curvature a short distance dorsal to the upper surface of the skull, so if they were to continue to grow they would harmlessly curl upwards.
The deer-pig, the Raksasa, the only living anthracothere… welcome to the world of babirusas Darren Naish 2006
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However, in the old male skulls that I’ve seen (see accompanying images: the woodcut is from Alfred Russel Wallace’s 1869 The Malay Archipelago), the tips of the upper canines begin the anterodorsal part of their curvature a short distance dorsal to the upper surface of the skull, so if they were to continue to grow they would harmlessly curl upwards.
Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Yes, and in telling about it I'll show my naive ignorance: 4, 5, 6 (?) years ago on a vacation through much of New England, we stopped at a bookstore and I noticed a "local" author shelf with some mass market pbs with "woodcut" - style black and red covers depicting Sleepy-Hollow-like scenes.
A Touch of Genius 2007
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The woodcut was a bird's-eye view of Venice, the work of the painter Jacopo de Barbari; the original can be seen in the Museo Correr, where it is still the wonder and delight of every visitor.
Venetian Secrets Gilbert, Felix 1987
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Although the woodcut is the oldest traditional print medium it was the last to win respectability as an art form.
John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut Jacob Kainen
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The woodcut is a very faithful representation of yaconins fencing.
Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs Jacob Mortimer Wier Silver
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The itinerant sweetmeat vendor shown in the woodcut is a specimen of the class of Japanese most prone to superstition.
Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs Jacob Mortimer Wier Silver
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The is THE source for any kind of woodcut items you can imagine!
Maigirlz Madness 2010
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The is THE source for any kind of woodcut items you can imagine!
Maigirlz Madness 2010
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While traditional techniques such as woodcut, etching, lithography, and screenprint form the core of the collection, newer digital processes, multiples, and artist's books are also collected in breadth and depth.
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