See Also: xylography(medicine)
xylography(dictionary)

xylography (iou)



xylography noun. E19.
[from XYLO- + -GRAPHY.]
The art of making woodcuts or wood-engravings, esp. of an early or primitive kind. Also, printing from wood blocks as distinct from type.
'xylograph noun & verb (a) noun an image cut or engraved on wood; an impression from one, esp. of an early kind; (b) verb trans. make or reproduce by xylography: M19.
xylographer noun a maker of woodcuts, esp. of the early period E19.
xylo'graphic adjective of, pertaining to, or executed by xylography E19.
xylographica noun pl. examples of xylography, as woodcuts, block-books, etc. M20.
xylo'graphical adjective = xylographic E19.
xylo'graphically adverb by means of xylography L19.
xylographist noun = xylographer M19.