the art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials.-carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc.-to form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave.