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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.

After the manner of sculpture; resembling, or relating to, sculpture.

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

Engraved. Glover.

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.

A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy. Acclamation medals are those on which laudatory acclamations are recorded. Elmes.

Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.

presentation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.

The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.

High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo.

Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.

y imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature.

Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso- rilievo. See Alto-rilievo.

A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned with wreaths, etc.

A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast. Ambition sighed: she found it vain to trust The faithless column, and the crumbling bust. Pope.

Adorned with sculptured leaves and branches.

, a pasteboard box. Carton pierre (, a species of papier-maché, imitating stone or bronze sculpture. Knight.

To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave. Carved with figures strange and sweet. Coleridge.

The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving of the 15th century.

. Casting of draperies, the proper distribution of the folds of garments, in painting and sculpture. -- Casting line (Fishing), the leader; also, sometimes applied to the long reel line. Casting net, a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction from a net that is set and left. -- Casting voice, Casting vote, the dec…