Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Intaglio

Intaglio , noun

[Italian, from intagliare to engrave, carve; pref. in- in + tagliare to cut, carve. See Detail.]

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.