celature

English

Etymology

Latin caelatura, from caelare (“to engrave in relief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlətjʊɚ/, /ˈsɛlət͡ʃɚ/

Noun

celature (countable and uncountable, plural celatures)

1. (obsolete) The act or art of engraving or embossing.
2. (obsolete) An engraving.
   • 1627, G[eorge] H[akewill], An Apologie of the Power and Prouidence of God in the Gouernment of the World. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Iohn Lichfield and William Turner, […], →OCLC:

     These celatures in their drinking cups were so fram'd, that they might pur them on or take them oft at pleasure

References

“celature”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ulcerate

Latin

Participle

cēlātūre

1. vocative masculine singular of cēlātūrus