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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Glyptic \Glyp"tic\, adjective [See {Glyph}.]
1. Of or pertaining to gem engraving.
2. (Min.) Figured; marked as with figures.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "glyptic": CYSP sculpture, anaglyptics, anaglyptography, architectural sculpture, bone-carving, burr, casting, ceroplastics, chasing, chiseling, clay sculpture, cross-hatching, decorative sculpture, demitint, earth art, embossing, engravement, engraving, etch, etching, founding, garden sculpture, gem-cutting, gem-engraving, glass sculpture, glass-cutting, graving, half tint, hatching, incision, inscript, inscription, ivory-carving, line, lining, lost-wax process, marking, metal sculpture, modeling, molding, monumental sculpture, paper sculpture, plaster casting, plastic art, portrait sculpture, relief, relief-carving, relievo, score, scoring, scratch, scratching, sculptor, sculpture, sculpturing, shell-carving, slash, slashing, statuary, stipple, stippling, stone sculpture, stonecutting, tint, tooling, type-cutting, whittling, wire sculpture, wood carving, xyloglyphy
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