Production of decorative designs by scratching them through a surface of layer plaster, glazing, etc., revealing a different-colored ground; also, pottery or ware so decorated; -- chiefly used attributively.
the singular form of graffiti, seldom used.
A design scratched through another material to reveal the ground underneath. Today the plural GRAFFITI refers to designs or words sprayed, painted or scratched onto public walls or visible surfaces.
Scratch lines produced by working the painted surface with the butt end of the paint brush.
A personal and informal style of writing, usually scratched onto pottery or stone by individuals.
(graf·FI·to), plural graffiti (graf·FI·ti). In archaeology an ancient drawing or writing scratched on rocks, plaster, and the like. Compare with epigraphs.
A technique of mural decoration also used in painting on board or in the decoration of ceramic or glass objects. The word graffito means a design or motif scratched onto a surface, or more precisely the technique of producing a design by removing a layer of paint, stucco, or other material to reveal a lower layer of a different color or tone.
a rough drawing or bit of lettering superimposed on a public structure
writing scratched on tile, pottery, plaster, etc.
(pl. graffiti): A drawing or message scrawled on a structure, not intended by the original designer.
A method in which a line is produced by scratching through one pigmented surface to reveal another
The Graffito (archaeology), {plural Graffiti), has been created by humans since Homo sapiens have been traversing this planet. There are even scratchings, doodlings, drawings, symbols, and art, etc. etched on bone pieces from prehistoric times, and possibly earlier.
