'Whittling' definitions:
Definition of 'Whittling'
From: GCIDE
- Whittle \Whit"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whittled; p. pr. & vb. n. Whittling.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- "In vino veritas." When men are well whittled, their tongues run at random. --Withals. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'whittling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anaglyptics,
- anaglyptography,
- architectural sculpture,
- bone-carving,
- casting,
- ceroplastics,
- chasing,
- clay sculpture,
- CYSP sculpture,
- decorative sculpture,
- earth art,
- embossing,
- engraving,
- founding,
- garden sculpture,
- gem-cutting,
- glass sculpture,
- glyptic,
- ivory-carving,
- lost-wax process,
- metal sculpture,
- modeling,
- molding,
- monumental sculpture,
- paper sculpture,
- plaster casting,
- plastic art,
- portrait sculpture,
- relief,
- relief-carving,
- relievo,
- sculptor,
- sculpture,
- sculpturing,
- shell-carving,
- statuary,
- stone sculpture,
- stonecutting,
- wire sculpture,
- wood carving,
- xyloglyphy