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etch (ĕch)

[Dutch etsen, from German ätzen, from Middle High German etzen, from Old High German ezzen, to eat.]

verb: etched, etch·ing, etch·es. 

transitive verb 

    1. To cut into the surface of (glass, for example) by the action of acid.
    2. To make or create by this method: etch a design on glass.
  2. To impress, delineate, or imprint clearly: a landscape that is forever etched in my memory; trees that were etched against the winter sky.

intransitive verb 

To engage in etching.

derivatives

etch́er
noun