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† ˈsculpter Obs. rare.
Also 7 sculptor.
[As if ad. L. type *sculptrum, f. sculpĕre to engrave.]
Some kind of graving tool.
1680Moxon Mech. Exerc. xiii. 225 The Tool, which is commonly a Graver, or sometimes a Sculptor, fit to such Moldings as are to be made on the Mettal. Ibid., Afterwards with Sculptors, Round or Flat, or great or small, they work their intended Moldings. 1683― Printing xiii. §3 He uses the Knife-backt Sculpter. Ibid. §4 With..proper shaped and Pointed Sculptors and Gravers, [he] digs or Sculps out the Steel. |
