intaglio

A figure or design carved into or beneath the surface of hard metal or stone.

The art or process of carving a design in this manner.

A gemstone carved in intaglio.

Printing done with a plate bearing an image in intaglio.

A die incised so as to produce a design in relief.

Incised engraving as opposed to carving in relief; ornamentation by lines, patterns, figures, etc., sunk or hollowed below the surface.

Hence A figure or work so produced; an incised representation or design.

To incise; engrave with a sunk pattern or design.

A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; — opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively.