The scratching, etching, burning / branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification.
A medieval form of penance in which the skin was damaged with a knife or hot iron.
The act of scarifying: raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc.
A route of administration for some vaccinations and tests: rather than hypodermic injection, the site is inoculated intradermally not with any injection but rather only with small, shallow pricks or scratches; the needle is not hollow.
A three dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.
Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
To represent something in sculpture.
To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.
To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.