glyptic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: glyp=tic

CIDE DICTIONARY

glyptic, a. [See Glyph.].

•  Of or pertaining to gem engraving.  [1913 Webster]
•  Figured; marked as with figures.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

glyptic, adj. of or concerning carving, esp. on precious stones.

Etymology

F glyptique or Gk gluptikos f. gluptes carver f. glupho carve

THESAURUS

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