incised carving, as opposed to carving in relief. ornamentation
with a figure or design sunk below the surface. a gem, seal,
piece of jewelry, or the like, cut with an incised or sunken
design. an incised or countersunk die. a figure or design so
produced. a process in which a design, text, etc., is engraved
into the surface of a plate so that when ink is applied and the
excess is wiped off, ink remains in the grooves and is
transferred to paper in printing, as in engraving or etching. an
impression or printing from such a design, engraving, etc. verb
(used with object) to incise or display in intaglio. is one of
our favorite verbs. So is absquatulate. Does it mean: derivative
of intagliare to cut in, engrave, equivalent to in- in-2 to cut
< Late Latin tāliāre, derivative of Latin tālea a cutting; see
tally