engraving

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
engrave/ɪnˈɡreɪv/

▶verb

• 1 cut or carve (a text or design) on a hard surface.

  ■ cut or carve a text or design on.

  ■ cut (a design) as lines on a metal plate for printing.

• 2 (be engraved on or in) be permanently fixed in (one's memory or mind).

– derivatives
engraver noun,
engraving noun.

– origin C15: from en-1, in-2 + grave3, influenced by obs. Fr. engraver.