GRAVING

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of cleaning a ship's bottom. Graving dock. (Naut.) See under Dock.

2.
n.

The act or art of carving figures in hard substances, esp. by incision or in intaglio.

3.
n.

That which is graved or carved. [R.] Skillful to . . . grave any manner of graving. 2 Chron. ii. 14.

4.
n.

Impression, as upon the mind or heart. New gravings upon their souls. Eikon Basilike


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