etch

verb4

1. •
   To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
2. •
   (figurative) To make a lasting impression.

   • The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
   • His sorrow was etched on his face.
3. •
   To engrave a surface.
4. •
   To sketch; to delineate.

   • There are many such empty terms to be found in some learned writers, to which they had recourse to etch out their system. — 1705