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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Carve \Carve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Carved}; p. pr & vb n.
{Carving}.] [AS. ceorfan to cut, carve; akin to D. kerven, G.
kerben Dan. karve, Sw karfva and to Gr ? to write, orig.
to scatch, and E. -graphy. Cf {Graphic}.]
1. To cut. [Obs.]
Or they will carven the shepherd's throat.
--Spenser.
2. To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic
or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave.
Carved with figures strange and sweet. --Coleridge.
3. To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to
form as to carve a name on a tree.
An angel carved in stone. --Tennyson.
We carved not a line and we raised not a stone.
--C. Wolfe.
4. To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to
divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion.
``To carve a capon.'' --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
carved
adj : made for formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or
literary); "the carved fretwork"; "an intricately
carved door"; "stood as if carven from stone" [syn: {carven}]
[ant: {uncarved}]
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