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Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1833 1. the act or art of whittling 2. a piece cut away in whittling

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Whittle Whit"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whittled; p. pr. & vb. n. Whittling.] 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. 2. To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate. [Obs.] ``In vino veritas.'' When men are well whittled, their tongues run at random. --Withals.

Moby Thesaurus

CYSP sculpture, anaglyptics, anaglyptography, architectural sculpture, bone-carving, casting, ceroplastics, chasing, clay 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