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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Modeling \Mod"el*ing\, n. (Fine Arts)
     The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is
     to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some
     plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the
     expression or indication of solid form. [Written also
     modelling.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Modeling plane, a small plane for planing rounded objects.
        
  
     Modeling wax, beeswax melted with a little Venice
        turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with
        coloring matter, usually red, -- used in modeling.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Modeling \Mod"el*ing\, n. (Fine Arts)
     The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is
     to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some
     plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the
     expression or indication of solid form. [Written also
     modelling.]
  
     Modeling plane, a small plane for planing rounded objects.
        
  
     Modeling wax, beeswax melted with a little Venice
        turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with
        coloring matter, usually red, -- used in modeling.

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