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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1513
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Sculptur(e, n. Also: schulture. [ME sculpture (only in Gower; also e.m.E., 1563), L. sculptura, f. sculpere to carve, engrave.] Sculpture. In sculpture, ? engraved, ? sculptured. — c1420 Wynt. iii 1028.
In Rome quhare that thare figure Wes sene in ald tyme, in sculpture [C. schulture, W. sepulture], Or payntyd, thai twa soukand wes A wolf 1513 Doug. vi i 59.
Eneas … This sculptur al espyit had … Ne war Achates … Be than returnyt was [etc.]
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