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sculptured, ppl. a.|ˈskʌlptjʊəd|
[f. sculpture v. + -ed1.]
1. Produced or represented by sculpture. Also, covered or adorned with sculpture.
c1710T. Parnell Night-piece on Death 41 Whose pillars swell with sculptured stones. 1807Wordsw. White Doe vii. 347 Sculptured Forms of Warriors brave. 1894J. T. Fowler Adamnan Introd. 61 The sculptured crosses and round tower.
2. Nat. Hist. Having a conformation or markings similar to those produced by sculpture.
Often in specific names, rendering L. sculptus or insculptus.
1819W. Turton Conchol. Dict. 221 Turbo insculptus. Sculptured Turban. 1853T. Bell Brit. Stalk-eyed Crustacea 263 Sculptured Shrimp.
3. Shaped in a manner resembling sculpture.
1966J. S. Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 132/2 Sculptured curl, a firmly and smoothly formed curl showing the comb-teeth lines. Sculptured hair style, a hairdress with hard, firm, definite lines in its constituent parts; not fussy, light or tapered. 1970Which? Sept. 268/1 Now, however, you will also find twists, loop-pile and sculptured pile—a pattern formed by mixing loops of different heights or looped and cut pile. 1974Times Lit. Suppl. 24 May 544/3 The second president of General Motors invented the scheme of elaboration and development, bright colours, sculptured lines and rising prices. 1974Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 15 Aug. v. 6/1 The bride..wore a peau de soie gown styled with a sculptured yoke of re-embroidered lace and a cameo neckline. |