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Insculpture
Insculpture In*sculp"ture, n.
An engraving, carving, or inscription. [Obs.]
On his gravestone this insculpture. --Shak.
Insculptured
Insculptured In*sculp"tured, p. a.
Engraved. --Glover.
Photosculpture
Photosculpture Pho`to*sculp"ture, n. [Photo- + sculpture.]
A process in which, by means of a number of photographs
simultaneously taken from different points of view on the
same level, rough models of the figure or bust of a person or
animal may be made with great expedition.
Sculpture
Sculpture 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.
SculptureSculpture 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 (Zo["o]l.), a common North American
wood tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked
with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured
figures. Sculpture in the round Gentlemen of the round.
(a) Gentlemen soldiers of low rank who made the rounds.
See 10
(a), above.
(b) Disbanded soldiers who lived by begging. [Obs.]
Worm-eaten gentlemen of the round, such as have
vowed to sit on the skirts of the city, let
your provost and his half dozen of halberdiers
do what they can. --B. Jonson.
Round of beef, the part of the thigh below the aitchbone,
or between the rump and the leg. See Illust. of beef.
Round steak, a beefsteak cut from the round.
Sculpture in the round, sculpture giving the full form, as
of man; statuary, distinguished from relief. SculpturedSculpture 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 (Zo["o]l.), a common North American
wood tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked
with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured
figures. Sculptured tortoiseSculpture 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 (Zo["o]l.), a common North American
wood tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked
with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured
figures. Sculpturesque
Sculpturesque Sculp`tur*esque", a.
After the manner of sculpture; resembling, or relating to,
sculpture.
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