n. [ L. ] A statue. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
They spake not a word;
But, like dumb statuas or breathing stones,
Gazed each on other. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
On other occasions the statuaries took their subjects from the poets. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ F., fr. L. statua (akin to stativus standing still), fr. stare, statum, to stand. See Stand. ]
I will raise her statue in pure gold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Adorned with statues. “The statued hall.” Longfellow. “Statued niches.” G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without a statue. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Like a statue; motionless. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue artistically made;
Their characters are mostly statuesque even in this respect, that they have no background. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a statuesque manner; in a way suggestive of a statue; like a statue. [ 1913 Webster ]
A character statuesquely simple in its details. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., cf. It. statuetta. ] A small statue; -- usually applied to a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta or the like. Cf. Figurine. [ 1913 Webster ]