xylography
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prettygoodwordxylography (zahy-LOG-ruh-fee) - n., the art, craft, or process of printing from wooden blocks.
Which includes the engraving (and sometimes the engraved wood) as well as pressing a print. The practice is old -- common by the 14th century in Europe, to the 8th century or earlier in China -- but the word itself didn't appear in English until around 1816, adopted from French xylographie, coined from Greek roots xýlo(n), wood + graphos, writing.
---L.
Which includes the engraving (and sometimes the engraved wood) as well as pressing a print. The practice is old -- common by the 14th century in Europe, to the 8th century or earlier in China -- but the word itself didn't appear in English until around 1816, adopted from French xylographie, coined from Greek roots xýlo(n), wood + graphos, writing.
---L.
