Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Intaglio \In*tagl"io\, n.; pl. E. {Intaglius}, It. {Intagli}.
   [It., fr. 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.