celature means the act or art of engraving or embossing. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
CELATURE — [Noun] The art or process of engraving or embossing, especially on metal. From the Latin caelatura ("embossed or engraved work"), from caelare ("to engrave in relief, to chase"). Unlike "engraving," which broadly denotes incising lines into any hard surface, or "chasing," which refers specifically to the indenting of metal, celature is the encompassing art of coaxing dimension from a plane. It is the patient resistance of a silver sheet yielding to the burin, the defiant crest sunken into a warrior's shield, and the intricate field hammered around a golden locket's edge—a testament to the human will to press meaning, permanently, into an unyielding world. It is the craft of making emptiness articulate.
noun
- The act or art of engraving or embossing.
- An engraving.“These celatures in their drinking cups were so fram'd, that they might pur them on or take them oft at pleasure”