单词 | graven |
释义 | gravenadj. 1. a. Sculptured, hewn. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [adjective] > sculptured or carved ycorven1297 carven1330 graven1382 cutted1438 carveda1530 shorn1547 well carved1548 graved1552 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. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > idol > graven grave11.. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1382 |
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