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sculpt, v.|skʌlpt|
[ad. F. sculpter, f. L. sculpt-, ppl. stem of sculpĕre; but apprehended as a back-formation from sculptor.]
1. trans. To sculpture; absol., to practise the art of sculpture. Hence ˈsculpting vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1864Reader 5 Mar. 300/1 Galileo..says: As to what sculptors argue, that Nature moulds men but does not paint them, I reply that she makes them not less by painting than sculpture, because she both sculpts and colours. 1876Besant & Rice Gold. Butterfly xxi, It isn't enough to go to shops and buy pictures. We must go in for sculpting too. 1883K. S. Macquoid Her Sailor Love v. i. II. 135 A well-known sculptor..had been commissioned by the squire of Trant to sculpt his wife. 1884Pall Mall G. 14 Oct. 2/2 Mr. Watts's well-known principle is..that the sculptor should paint and the painter should sculpt. 1886O. Lodge in Liverpool Univ. Coll. Mag. Mar. 138 The statues we sculpt..the less said about them the better. 1894Sir E. Sullivan Woman 105 A sculptor advised a young sculpting friend to lose no time in completing the bust of the deceased husband whenever it was ordered by the inconsolable widow. 1928Daily Express 16 June 4/5 He sculpts in almost every material. 1931Sun (Baltimore) 13 Mar. 12/7 Somebody proposed that instead of being depicted as astride a horse (steed, charger) this general be sculpted as a figure seated in a motor car. 1966J. Richardson George IV 332 The statue (known as the Copper Horse) had been sculpted by Westmacott. 1977Times 5 Sept. 5/7 My uncle, my mother's brother, draws beautifully and sculpts.
2. transf. To shape, form, mould.
1967Times Rev. Industry Apr. 86/3 Numerical control of machine tools is obtainable in a number of forms, from the simple point-to-point positioning system, through straight⁓line machining systems, to the complex continuous path systems which can sculpt any shape capable of being expressed numerically. 1972Sci. Amer. Mar. 45/1 (Advt.), High-level signal lights, neatly sculpted into the rear deck of the car. |