SCULPTURE
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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.
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2. Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc.
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There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen
The mad affection of the Cretan queen.
Dryden.
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Sculp"ture (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sculptured (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Sculpturing.] To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave.
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Sculptured tortoise (Zo&ö;l.), a common North American wood tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured figures.
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