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1 sculpere v. 1 sculpare
2 sculpere [CL], 2 sculpare 1 to carve or engrave; b (wood, stone, metal, wax, or object made of such material); c (image on object); d (inscription or letter). e to fashion by carving or sculpting. f (p. ppl. as sb. n.) sculptured image. ingenio acer ad omnia artificia, sc. ~endi, fabricandi, scribendi Ord. Vit. III 7 p. 94; ~o, to grave WW.  b vas ‥ ex onichino ita subtili celatoris arte ~tum ut ‥ vere moveri hominum imagines viderentur W. Malm. GR II 135; pocula que sculpsit Guielandus in urbe Sigeni V. Merl. 235; 1276 per serjanciam ~andi cuneum domini regis (Eyre) Lond. Ed. I & II II 132; 1462 clavas cum armis nostris sculpat’ ChartR 193 m. 30.  c aut imagines pingite aliquas aut ~ite! ‥ non sumus ‥ nec pictores neque sculptores Ælf. Bata 4. 17; 1261 habere ‥ lapides ad ~andum ex eis quasdam ymagines Cl 434; in smaragdo debet ~i scarabeus Sculp. Lap. 451; indentura ‥ sigillata ‥ cum quodam sigillo oblongo, in quo ~ta fuit ymago Beate Marie Virginis Feod. Durh. 167n; duas imagines sculpsit in gemmis Ashenden AM f. 1ra.  d nomina patrum apte in lapidibus pretiosis ~i jussa sunt Bede Tab. 469B; qui caereum accipiens apices hos sculpsit in illo Wulf. Swith. II 854.  e falsas effigies, quas glauco marmore sculpunt Aldh. VirgV 1340; 1317 pro uno pulcro lapide sculpto ad ponendum super corpus meum ad honorem Dei PlRCP 285 r. 1.  f Deus ex tali sculpto ‥ spernit honorem Gower VC II 549. 2 to inscribe, write (document or book). singraphidem sculpsit Frith. 670; istud breviarium ‥ manu propria ~avi Eul. Hist. I 2. 3 to fashion (garment) by cutting. vestimentis eciam novo modo ~tis et viri et femine vanissime abutuntur Rolle IA 266; c1390 consulo quod tunica sibi ~atur de illa veste FormOx 237. 4 to make, shape; b (fig.). 1509 ut orent, studeant, ~ent retia, aut aliquid opus honestum faciant Vis. Dorch. 311.  b illius ad normam sculpens vit[e] sibi formam Poem Hild. 122; ad ~endam somni veritatem W. Malm. Mir. Mariae 134; palpones principum sunt digni gracia, / qui norunt sculpere grata mendacia Walt. Wimb. Palpo 19.

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