v. Obs. rare. Also 6, 8 exculp. [ad. L. exsculp-ĕre to dig or cut out, f. ex- out + sculpĕre to cut, carve: see SCULPTOR.] trans. To cut out, hollow out by cutting.
1578. Banister, Hist. Man, I. 20. In all others [of the Vertebræ] exculped out one ech side round.
1767. Bryan Faussett, Invent. Sepulchr. (1856), App. 214. On one side is exculpt a word which we cannot yet make out.
