1. cutting into or carving a surface with a sharp tool

Examples

• The artist was incising delicate patterns into the metal plate.
• The surgeon began incising the patient’s abdomen carefully.
• She spent hours incising her initials into the tree bark.
• The craftsman was incising decorative lines on the wooden box.
• Ancient scribes were skilled at incising cuneiform symbols into clay tablets.
• The jeweler was incising tiny details onto the silver pendant.