xylography (zilografi)

[F. xylographie; > Gr. ξύλον, wood, + -γραφία, Engraving on wood: a word used only by bib liographers, and chiefly for the woodcut work of the fifteenth century.-2. A proce of decorative painting on wood. A selected pattern or design is drawn on wood and is then engraved, or the design is reproduced on zinc by the ordinary method. An electrotype cast is taken from the woodcut or zinc plate, and smooth surfaces of wood are printed from the electrotype, under a regulated pre ure, with pigments prepared for the purpose. The color penetrates the wood, leaving no outside film, and after being French polished, or covered with a fluid enamel, the wood may be washed, scrubbed, or even sandpapered without destroying the pattern. Ure . xyloid (zī'loid), a. [ or wood; ligneous.