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Silverpoint

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Noun

1. silverpoint

a drawing made on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Silverpoint

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noun
a drawing technique popular esp in the 15th and 16th centuries, using an instrument with a silver wire tip on specially prepared paper

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Silverpoint

see synonyms of silverpoint
noun
1. 
a method of drawing on specially prepared paper with an instrument tipped with silver
2. 
a drawing so made

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Silverpoint

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n.
1. A technique of drawing on specially prepared paper with a silver-tipped instrument.
2. A drawing made by use of this technique.

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