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EtchedEtch Etch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Etched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Etching.] [D. etsen, G. ["a]tzen to feed, corrode, etch.
MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen ??. See
Eat.]
1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or
the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or
corroded by means of some strong acid.
Note: The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other
ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then
scored or scratched with a needle, or similar
instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is
then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the
lines thus laid bare.
2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as
a plate of metal.
I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875.
--Hamerton.
3. To sketch; to delineate. [R.]
There are many empty terms to be found in some
learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch
out their system. --Locke. Etcher
Etcher Etch"er, n.
One who etches.
Farfetched
Farfetched Far"fetched`, a.
1. Brought from far, or from a remote place.
Every remedy contained a multitude of farfetched and
heterogeneous ingredients. --Hawthorne.
2. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or
introduced; forced; strained.
Farstretched
Farstretched Far"*stretched`, a.
Streatched beyond ordinary limits.
FletchedFletch Fletch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fletched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fletching.] [F. fl[`e]che arrow.]
To feather, as an arrow. --Bp. Warburton.
[Congress] fletched their complaint, by adding:
``America loved his brother.' --Bancroft. Fletcher
Fletcher Fletch"er, n. [OF. flechier.]
One who fletches of feathers arrows; a manufacturer of bows
and arrows. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
HetchelHetchel Hetch"el, v. t.
Same as Hatchel. Photo-etchedPhoto-etch Pho`to-etch", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Photo-etched;
p. pr. & vb. n. Photo-etching.] [Photo- + etch.]
To engrave, or make an engraving of, by any photomechanical
process involving etching of the plate. RetchedRetch Retch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Retching.] [AS. hr?can to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca
throat; akin to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.]
To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
[Written also reach.]
Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew
inarticulate with retching.) --Byron. SketchedSketch Sketch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sketched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sketching.] [Cf D. schetsen, It. schizzare. See Sketch,
n.]
1. To draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought
of.
2. To plan or describe by giving the principal points or
ideas of.
Syn: To delineate; design; draught; depict. Sketcher
Sketcher Sketch"er, n.
One who sketches.
Spetches
Spetches Spetch"es, n. pl.
Parings and refuse of hides, skins, etc., from which glue is
made.
Stretcher
Stretcher Stretch"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, stretches.
2. (Masonry) A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension
in the line of direction of the wall. --Gwilt.
3. (Arch.) A piece of timber used in building.
4. (Naut.)
(a) A narrow crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against
which a rower braces his feet.
(b) A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to
keep them apart when hoisted up and griped. --Dana.
5. A litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or
dead persons.
6. An overstretching of the truth; a lie. [Slang]
7. One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one
of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the
handle.
8. An instrument for stretching boots or gloves.
9. The frame upon which canvas is stretched for a painting.
Wretched
Wretched Wretch"ed, a.
1. Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep
affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief;
calamitous; woeful; very afflicting. ``To what wretched
state reserved!' --Milton.
O cruel! Death! to those you are more kind Than to
the wretched mortals left behind. --Waller.
Wretchedly
Wretchedly Wretch"ed*ly, adv.
In a wretched manner; miserably; despicable.
Wretchedness
Wretchedness Wretch"ed*ness, n.
1. The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.
--Sir W. Raleigh.
2. A wretched object; anything despicably. [Obs.]
Eat worms and such wretchedness. --Chaucer.
Meaning of Etche from wikipedia
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administratively known as
Etche is an
indigenous Igbo
group found in the
Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Presently, its
people make up
Etche and Omuma, two of...
- Igbo-
Etche is one of the
towns in
Etche Local Government Area of
Rivers State. The town is
bordered by
Oyigbo on the east and
Eleme junction on the west...
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Buguma Choba Degema Town
Eberi Ebubu Elele Eleme Eliozu Emohua Etche Eteo
Igwuruta Igbo-
Etche Ikwerre Iwofe Kula
Mbiama Nchia Nkoro Obigbo Odiabidi Ogbogoro...
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SCHOOL EGWI
ETCHE GREAT WILL ACADEMY, Igbo-
Etche formally known as
Great Child Investment, Igbo-
Etche Community Secondary School,
Chokota Igbo-
etche Regeneration...
- and
Okrika to the south, the
Eleme and
Oyigbo to the
southeast and the
Etche to the east. The
Ikwerre are made up of four main groups,
namely the Elele...
- The
Anglican Diocese of
Etche is one of ten
within the
Anglican Province of the
Niger Delta,
itself one of 14
provinces within the
Church of Nigeria....
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division in the pre-independence era with Ogba, Egbema, Engenni, Abua-Odual,
Etche, Omuma, Obio-Akpor,
Ikwerre and some area
within Port Harcourt.[citation...
- that
include Port Harcourt, Okrika, Obio-Akpor, Ikwerre, Oyigbo, Ogu–Bolo,
Etche and Eleme. Its
total po****tion was
estimated at 2,000,000 as of 2009, making...
- Part of a
series on Igbo
people Subgroups Anioma Aro Edda
Ekpeye Etche Ezza Ika
Ikwerre Ikwo
Ishielu Izzi
Mbaise Mgbo Ngwa
Nkalu Nri-Igbo Ogba Ohafia...
- It
shares boundaries with Imo
State to the north,
Emohua to the west,
Etche to the east, and Obio-Akpor to the south. The
postal code of the area is...
