Scul"lion (skl"yn), n. (Bot.) A scallion.
Scul"lion, n. [OF. escouillon (Cot.) a dishclout, apparently for
escouvillon, F. écouvillon a swab; cf. also OF. souillon a servant
employed for base offices. Cf. Scovel.] A servant who cleans pots and
kettles, and does other menial services in the kitchen.
The meanest scullion that followed his camp.
South.
Scul"lion*ly, a. Like a scullion; base. [Obs.] Milton.
Sculp (?), v. t. [See Sculptor.] To sculpture; to carve; to engrave.
[Obs. or Humorous.] Sandys.
Scul"pin (?), n. [Written also skulpin.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of
numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus Cottus, or
Acanthocottus, having a large head armed with several sharp spines, and
a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and
black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and
America. (b) A large cottoid market fish of California (Scorpænichthys
marmoratus); -- called also bighead, cabezon, scorpion, salpa. (c) The
dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe (Callionymus lyra).
The name is also applied to other related California species.
Deep-water sculpin, the sea raven.
Sculp"tile (?), a. [L. sculptilis. See Sculptor.] Formed by carving;
graven; as, sculptile images. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Sculp"tor (?), n. [L. sculptor, fr. sculpere, sculptum, to carve; cf.
scalpere to cut, carve, scratch, and Gr. &?; to carve: cf. F.
sculpteur.] 1. One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve
statues, or works of sculpture.
2. Hence, an artist who designs works of sculpture, his first studies
and his finished model being usually in a plastic material, from which
model the marble is cut, or the bronze is cast.
Sculp"tress (?), n. A female sculptor.
Sculp"tur*al (?; 135), a. Of or pertaining to sculpture. G. Eliot.
Sculp"ture (?; 135), n. [L. sculptura: cf. F. sculpture.] 1. The art of
carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues,
ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence,
the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard
materials.