noun.
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.
noun.
Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc.
transitive verb.
To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave.
transitive verb.
a common North American wood tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured figures.