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Meaning of XYLOGRAPHY

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Xy*log"ra*phy\, n. [Xylo- + -graphy: cf. F.
xylographie.]
1. The art of engraving on wood.

2. The art of making prints from the natural grain of wood.
   --Knight.

3. A method pf printing in colors upon wood for purposes of
   house decoration. --Ure.

 

 

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