etching

noun

1. (uncountable)The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.
2. (countable)The image created by this process.

   “"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]."”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of etch