Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The work of a stone-cutter; carving.
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The whole monument is one wearisome aggregation of that species of ornamental flourish, which, when it is done with a pen, is called penmanship, and when done with a chisel, should be called chiselmanship; the subject of it being chiefly fat-limbed boys sprawling on dolphins, dolphins incapable of swimming, and dragged along the sea by expanded pocket-handkerchiefs.
Stones of Venice [introductions] John Ruskin 1859
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