Graving

Grave \Grave\, v. t. [imp. {Graved} (gr[=a]vd); p. p. {Graven}
   (gr[=a]v"'n) or {Graved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Graving}.] [AS.
   grafan to dig, grave, engrave; akin to OFries. greva, D.
   graven, G. graben, OHG. & Goth. graban, Dan. grabe, Sw.
   gr[aum]fva, Icel. grafa, but prob. not to Gr. gra`fein to
   write, E. graphic. Cf. {Grave}, n., {Grove}, n.]
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   1. To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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            He hath graven and digged up a pit.   --Ps. vii. 16
                                                  (Book of
                                                  Common
                                                  Prayer).
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   2. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard
      substance; to engrave.
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            Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them
            the names of the children of Israel.  --Ex. xxviii.
                                                  9.
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   3. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel;
      to sculpture; as, to grave an image.
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            With gold men may the hearte grave.   --Chaucer.
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   4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
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            O! may they graven in thy heart remain. --Prior.
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   5. To entomb; to bury. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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            Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. --Shak.
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Graving \Grav"ing\, n. [From {Grave} to clean.]
   The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.
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   {Graving dock}. (Naut.) See under Dock.
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Graving \Grav"ing\, n. [From {Grave} to dig.]
   1. The act or art of carving figures in hard substances,
      especially by incision or in intaglio.
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   2. That which is graved or carved. [R.]
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            Skillful to . . . grave any manner of graving. --2
                                                  Chron. ii. 14.
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   3. Impression, as upon the mind or heart.
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            New gravings upon their souls.        --Eikon
                                                  Basilike
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Graving
(1.) Heb. hatsabh. Job 19:24, rendered "graven," but generally
means hewn stone or wood, in quarry or forest.

  (2.) Heb. harush. Jer. 17:1, rendered "graven," and indicates
generally artistic work in metal, wood, and stone, effected by
fine instruments.

  (3.) Heb. haqaq. Ezek. 4:1, engraving a plan or map, rendered
"pourtray;" Job 19:23, "written."

  (4.) Heb. pasal points rather to the sculptor's or the
carver's art (Isa. 30:22; 40:19; 41:7; 44:12-15).

  (5.) Pathah refers to intaglio work, the cutting and engraving
of precious stones (Ex. 28:9-11, 21; Zech. 3:9; Cant. 1:10, 11).

  (6.) Heret. In Ex. 32:4 rendered "graving tool;" and in Isa.
8:1, "a pen."