Rebiting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Rebiting is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of rebite.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of rebite.
More Meanings
- The process of deepening worn lines in an etched plate by submitting it to the action of acid again.
Example Sentences
The fact is that a considerable number of Rembrandt's original coppers are still in material existence, though the greater part of them have been so much deteriorated by wear, and so injured by retouchings and rebitings, as to be artistically valueless.
Word Forms
- rebitings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reacidification, etching, dipping, picking, refining, stopping-out.
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