An’a-glyp-tōg’ra-phy, n.

n. [Gr. ἀνάγλυπτος, embossed, from ἀνά, up, γλύφειν, to engrave, and γράφειν, to write.] The art of so engraving as to give the subject an embossed appearance as if raised from the surface of the paper;—used in representing coins, bass-reliefs, and the like. Art Journal.