1. (n.) 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.

2. (n.) Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc.

3. (v. t.) To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave.

abstract art art art form artist arts and crafts arts of design assemble autolithograph be a printmaker block out bronze bust calligraphy carve carving cast cave art ceramics character chase chisel conformation crease create creation cribble crosshatch cut decoration design designing doll dolly dummy efform efformation enchase engrave engraving etching fantoccini fashion fashioning figuration figure figurehead figurine fine arts fix folk art forge form formalize formation formature forming found frame furrow gingerbread man graphic arts grave groove group hatch head hew incise inscribe insculpture knead knock out lay figure lay out lick into shape line lithograph make prints man of straw manikin mannequin marble marionette mark mint mobile model modeling mold molding monument morphogenesis morphogeny photography plastic art portrait bust primitive art print puppet relief rough out roughcast roughhew scarecrow score scrape scratch sculp sculpt set shape shaping snowman solder stabile stamp statuary statue statuette stipple tailor terra cotta the arts thermoform tool wax figure waxwork weld wood carving work