sculp

n. [ Written also skulpin. ] (Zool.) (a) Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus Cottus, or Acanthocottus, having a large head armed with several sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America. (b) A large cottoid market fish of California (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus); -- called also bighead, cabezon, scorpion, salpa. (c) The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe (Callionymus lyra). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name is also applied to other related California species. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deep-water sculpin, the sea raven. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sculptilis. See Sculptor. ] Formed by carving; graven; as, sculptile images. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sculptor, fr. sculpere, sculptum, to carve; cf. scalpere to cut, carve, scratch, and Gr. &unr_; to carve: cf. F. sculpteur. ] 1. One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, an artist who designs works of sculpture, his first studies and his finished model being usually in a plastic material, from which model the marble is cut, or the bronze is cast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female sculptor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to sculpture. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sculptured p. pr. & vb. n. Sculpturing. ] To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sculptured tortoise (Zool.), a common North American wood tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured figures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sculptura: cf. F. sculpture. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen
The mad affection of the Cretan queen. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]