2. Verb. (third-person singular of retouch) ¹
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Definition of Retouches
1. retouch [v] - See also: retouch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retouches
Literary usage of Retouches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Etching by Maxime Lalanne (1880)
"Sometimes, when using strong acid for these retouches, the lines first drawn are
also attacked by the liquid. In that case, stop the biting immediately, ..."
2. A Catalogue of the Greek Vases in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge by Ernest Arthur Gardner (1897)
"In panel black figures, purple and white retouches. Subject. Heracles and
Erymanthian boar ; the hero, clad in lion-skin, the head as cap, tail and hind ..."
3. Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists and Artists of Foreign Origin by Laurence Binyon (1900)
"5, additional retouches have been made in sepia by a later and weak hand.
The designs date from the later part of Holbein's first residence at Basle, ie, ..."
4. A History of Painting in Italy, Umbria, Florence and Siena, from the Second by Joseph Archer Crowe, Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle (1914)
"The distance above and behind St. Benedict is retouched, and the retouches affect
the outline of St. John's form. The dress of St. Benedict is retouched ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"Such retouches are always hard and " wiry," and arc as much as possible to be
avoided. of carbonic acid, ..."
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