▪ I. inˈsculpture, n. ? Obs.
[a. obs. F. insculpture (15–16th c. in Godef.), ad. L. type *insculptūra, f. insculpĕre: see -ure.]
A figure or inscription carved or sculptured upon something.
| 1607 Shakes. Timon v. iv. 67 On his Grauestone, this Insculpture which With wax I brought away. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. iv. 185 At first (saith he) it was both free and usuall to weare rings on either hand; but..when pretious gems and rich insculptures were added, the custome of wearing them on the right hand was translated unto the left. 1664 H. More Myst. Iniq. 224 To make up a more gracefull insculpture upon the external Cortex of a Vision. |
▪ II. inˈsculpture, v.
Also en-.
[f. in-2 = en- + sculpture.]
trans. To carve or sculpture upon something. Hence inˈsculptured ppl. a.
| 1787 Glover Athenaid vii. (R.), He surveys, Insculptur'd round, the horrours which befel The house of Laius. 1831 Wordsw. Yarrow revisited, etc. Apol. 9 Those Shapes distinct That yet survive ensculptured on the walls. 1834 Fraser's Mag. X. 23 The obelisk of the desert, with its insculptured riddles. 1855 Bailey Mystic 6 The myth-insculptured language of the light. |