glyptic

2 definitions found

glyptic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Glyptic \Glyp"tic\, a. [See Glyph.]
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     1. Of or pertaining to gem engraving.
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     2. (Min.) Figured; marked as with figures.
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glyptic - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "glyptic":
     CYSP sculpture, anaglyptics, anaglyptography,
     architectural sculpture, bone-carving, burr, casting, ceroplastics,
     chasing, chiseling, clay sculpture, cross-hatching,
     decorative sculpture, demitint, earth art, embossing, engravement,
     engraving, etch, etching, founding, garden sculpture, gem-cutting,
     gem-engraving, glass sculpture, glass-cutting, graving, half tint,
     hatching, incision, inscript, inscription, ivory-carving, line,
     lining, lost-wax process, marking, metal sculpture, modeling,
     molding, monumental sculpture, paper sculpture, plaster casting,
     plastic art, portrait sculpture, relief, relief-carving, relievo,
     score, scoring, scratch, scratching, sculptor, sculpture,
     sculpturing, shell-carving, slash, slashing, statuary, stipple,
     stippling, stone sculpture, stonecutting, tint, tooling,
     type-cutting, whittling, wire sculpture, wood carving,
     xyloglyphy