gravenadj.
/ˈɡreɪv(ə)n/ 1.
a. Sculptured, hewn.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [adjective] > sculptured or carved
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carven1330
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carveda1530
shorn1547
well carved1548
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under-carved1616
sculptile1621
sculptated1653
featured1745
sculptured1815
glyphica1856
chiselled1873
chip-carved1890
sculpted1961
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xx. 4 Thow shalt not mak to thee grauen thing [a1425 L.V. a grauen ymage].
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. ii. f. 7v Thai, quhilkis makis a grauin ymage.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. iii. 33 The foundations..are made of graven stone without morter or playster.
1897 W. Watson Hope World, etc. (1898) 18 A God for ever jealous grown Of carven wood and graven stone.
b. quasi-n. A graven image.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > idol > graven
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graven1610
1610 Bible (Douay) II. Psalms lxxvii. 58 In their gravens [L. in sculptilibus suis] they provoked him to emulation.
2. Carved on a surface, engraved.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > incising or intaglio > [adjective]
written?1440
engraven1583
lapidary1724
intagliated1782
engraileda1806
incised1807
lapideous1807
graven1821
descript1863
lapidarian1864
pointillé1884
1821 J. Baillie Columbus in Metrical Legends lviii Some ardent youth..will..Read fondly o'er and o'er his graven name.
1863 P. S. Worsley Poems & Transl. 8 Huge valves, embossed with graven gold.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xxv. 7 The rings from Thynia quaintly graven.
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