Work done with a hatchet, esp. the chopping of wood or carving of stone.

‘Rustic work, which seems to advance before the naked of a building, by reason of indentures or channels left at the joints.’ (Gwilt.) Also attrib…

The action of boast, v.2

Cutting or working with a chisel. Also concrete. Chiselled work.

A decorative process in which sand of various colours is distributed in marbled patterns on a surface and fixed, and perhaps given a smooth…

Sculpture. The action or practice of marking guide-holes on a piece of stone or marble in preparation for roughing-out (see point, v.1 2b). Also p…

Art. The representation of solid form in sculpture; the fact of being artistically modelled or shaped so as to appear lifelike (also in extended…

The art or process of carving upon rocks.

Decorative work made with a series of fine dots; a garment, etc., decorated in this way. Also figurative. Now rare.

(See quots.)