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单词 carver
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carvern.1

Brit. /ˈkɑːvə/, U.S. /ˈkɑrvər/
Etymology: < carve v. + -er suffix1.
1. gen. One who carves or cuts.
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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.
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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.
b. attributive. (A tree) used for carving.
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1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A4 The caruer Holme, the Maple seeldom inward sound.
3.
a. One who carves at table.
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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.
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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.
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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.
4. figurative. One who assigns any one his ‘portion’. †to be one's own carver: to take or choose for oneself at one's own discretion. Obsolete.
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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

Brit. /ˈkɑːvə/, U.S. /ˈkɑrvər/
Etymology: < the name of John Carver (1576–1621), the first governor of Plymouth Colony in America.
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.
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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).
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