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es in general, or in mass. "Painted imagery." Shak. In those oratories might you see Rich carvings, portraitures, and imagery. Dryden.

To inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.

An engraving, carving, or inscription. [Obs.] On his gravestone this insculpture. Shak.

Any carving executed in ivory. Mollett.

les is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with carving. See Illust. of Arch. Keystone State, the State of Pennsylvania; -- so called from its having been the central State of the Union at the formation of the Constitution.

ing shot. Ladle wood (Bot.), the wood of a South African tree (Cassine Colpoon), used for carving.

To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.

The art or operation of carving figures or inscriptions on rock or stone.

A process of printing, ornamenting, or carving, by burning with heated instruments.

A curved file used in carving wool and marble.

To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; -- with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch. Roughing rolls, rolls for reducing, in a rough manner, a bloom of iron to bars. -- To rough it, to endure hard conditions of living; to live without ordinary comforts.

Formed by carving; graven; as, sculptile images. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

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.

Lit., skilled mechanical work, such as that required in wood carving; trade work; hence, a system (usually called the sloyd system) of manual training in the practical use of the tools and materials used in the trades, and of instruction in the making and use of the plans and specifications connected with trade work. T…

snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding. The red light playing upon its gilt and carving gave it an appearance of snaky life. L. Wallace.

, at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving. The dignifird clergy, out of humanility, have called their thrones by the names of stalls. Bp. Warburton. Loud the monks in their stalls. Longfellow.

The art of carving statues or images as representatives of real persons or things; a branch of sculpture. Sir W. Temple.