单词 | carver |
释义 | carvern.1 1. gen. One who carves or cuts. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [noun] > one who or that which cuts carverc1380 clipper1567 parer1581 trimmer1583 snipper1611 whittler1839 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 320 Clipperis and purse~kerveris. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xx. 125 Of the teeth some ben keruers. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. I4 A caruer, or a diuider of Comine seede. View more context for this quotation 2. a. spec. One who carves wood, ivory, stone, etc.; a sculptor: most frequently (when not otherwise qualified) applied to one who carves in wood. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > sculptor or carver imagerc1400 carverc1405 graver1430 cutter1572 scraper1591 insculptor1598 sculptor1634 sculptress1662 sculpturist1689 sculpturer1732 chiseller1883 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1041 Ne purtreyour, ne keruere of ymages. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 22 §1 A Freemason..Tyler, Plommer, Glasier, Kerver nor Joyner. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 256 The painter or keruers craft. 1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. H1v A cunning Caruer had cut out thy shape..in white Alablaster. 1754 R. Dodsley Agric. in Public Virtue ii. (R.) Smooth linden best obeys The carver's chissel. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 279 The carver, the gilder and the paper-hanger. 1841 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg iv, in New Monthly Mag. 61 272 Its foreman, a carver and gilder. ΚΠ 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A4 The caruer Holme, the Maple seeldom inward sound. 3. a. One who carves at table. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > [noun] > carving meat > one who carves carvera1450 trenchera1625 a1450 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 446 To bere his swerd & be his keruere tofore him. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1876) VI. 435 Whom the kynges kerver hurte soore. 1509–10 Act 1 Hen. VIII xiv Hys Cuppe berers Carvours and Sewers. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 16 Seueral caruers cut-vp all the meat at a side table. 1710 London Gaz. No. 4672/1 First Carver, and Brother to the Empress. 1888 N.E.D. at Carver Mod. An expert carver. b. A carving knife. a pair of carvers: a carving knife and fork. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > knife dressing knife1362 trencher-knife1392 bread knife1432 kitchen knife1433 dresser knifea1450 carving-knifea1475 sticking knife1495 chipper1508 chipping knife1526 butcher's knife1557 striking knife1578 mincing knife1586 cook's knife1599 oyster knife1637 randing knife1725 stick knife1819 chopping-knife1837 carver1839 butch knife1845 fish-carver1855 fruit-knife1855 rimmer1876 throating knife1879 steak knife1895 paring knife1908 1839 W. M. Thackeray Catherine ii, in Fraser's Mag. June 695/1 You had got the carver out of her hand. c. [Distinguished < Carver n.2] An armchair among a set of dining-chairs, usually set at the head of the table as for the one who carves. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > armchair > other armchairs great chair1749 porter's chair1806 sleepy-hollow chair1820 roundabout1834 Glastonbury chair1853 frowst1905 club chair1919 carver1927 1927 Daily Tel. 3 May 3/3 A set of Hepplewhite chairs and carver upholstered in pigskin. 1952 J. Gloag Short Dict. Furnit. 172 Carver chair... Another use of the term is to distinguish the arm chair or elbow chair in a set of dining-room chairs, used at the head of the table by the carver. 1978 Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 9/8 Top selling lines..are dining room suites with a choice of table style..together with dining chairs, matching carver chairs and sideboards. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > exercise choice [verb (intransitive)] choosec1175 walec1400 willc1405 to be one's own carver1578 to take one's choice1588 optate1611 the mind > possession > taking > taken [verb (intransitive)] > take at will or pleasure raimc1300 to be one's own carver1578 carve1596 the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting > one who assigns or allots carver1578 proportioner1590 allotter1591 assigner1667 apportioner1884 allocator1885 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 12v In this poynt I meane not to be myne owne caruer. 1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. viii. 386 That euerie souldier should bee his owne caruer and take what he can get. 1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie i. iii. sig. B2 Neither father nor mother, kith nor kin shalbe her caruer in a husband, shee will fall too where she likes best. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. v. §7. 691 Plainly told them, that the Romans would be their owne Caruers, and take what they thought good. 1645 Bp. J. Hall Remedy Discontentm. viii. 39 Wee are ill carvers for our selves, hee that made us, knows what is fit for us. a1714 J. Sharp Serm. I. i. (R.) He himself, were he to be the carver of his fortunes..would chuse for himself. 1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. (ed. 2) li. 250 Peter..has..been the carver of his own fortune. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). Carvern.2 U.S. Used attributively to designate a chair of a type owned by John Carver, having a rush seat, arms, and a back usually consisting of three horizontal and three vertical spindles. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [adjective] > types of chair caned1696 rush-bottomed1696 rush-bottom1729 roundabout chair1741 leather-bottomed1783 stick-back1783 poker-backed1830 flag-bottomed1840 claw-footed1858 seatless1871 cane-bottomed1877 cane-seated1881 sag-seated1890 sit-up1891 slat-back1891 sag-bottomed1893 spindle-back1896 shield-back1897 Carver1902 basket-bodied1903 panel-back1904 Cromwellian1905 hooped-back1906 saddle-backed1910 hard-arsed1933 sling-back1948 X-frame1955 hard-arse1964 1902 L. V. Lockwood Colonial Furnit. Amer. (new ed.) v. 129 Figures 85 and 86 are Elder Brewster's and Governor Carver's chairs respectively, and were, according to tradition, brought over in the Mayflower... Chairs in the fashion of Figure 86 are commonly known as ‘Carver chairs’, and are more frequently met with than any other pattern of the turned chair. 1913 L. V. Lockwood Furnit. Collectors' Gloss. 10 Carver, an Americanism for a turned chair of the early seventeenth century, the back of which has three horizontal turnings and three vertical spindles, between the two lower horizontal turnings. So called because of one owned by Gov. Carver. 1923 Furnit. Jrnl. 3 Feb. 69 (caption) No. 1461, Carver. 1924 W. Nutting Furnit. Pilgrim Cent. 299 This great Carver chair has a back superior to any other that we have seen, in its massiveness, and the character of its turnings. 1937 W. C. Langdon Everyday Things 32 The Carver Chair and the Brewster Chair. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1c1380n.21902 |
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