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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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\Mat*toir"\, n. [F. matoir.] (Engraving)
A kind of coarse punch with a rasplike face, used for making
a rough surface on etching ground, or on the naked copper,
the effect after biting being very similar to stippled lines.

 

 

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