Sculp"ture (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sculptured (&?;);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sculpturing.]
To form with the
chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave.
Sculptured tortoise (Zoöl.),
a common North American wood tortoise (Glyptemys
insculpta). The shell is marked with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured
figures.
Sculp"ture (?; 135), n.
[L. sculptura: cf. F. sculpture.]
1. The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of
producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials.
2.
Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc.
There, too, in
living sculpture,
might be seen
The mad affection of the Cretan
queen.
Dryden.
Hear it pronounced