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Carving

noun

A sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape.

Removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape. Synonym: cutting.

Creating figures or designs in three dimensions. Synonym: sculpture.

Carve

verb

(past & past part. carved; pres. part. carving)

Form by carving.

Engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface. Synonym: chip at.

Cut to pieces. Synonym: cut up.

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"Carving" Quotes from Famous Books

... seated, horseback-fashion, upon parallel low benches, for their accommodation, twenty feet long, all turned towards the judge, and looking over the shoulders of the one in front of him, and busily employed in carving at the bench between his thigh and that of his neighbour. It was a very singular coup-d'oeil, and a new-comer from Europe would have supposed the assembly to ...

— Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet • Captain Marryat

... as to the personal appearance of Penn in mature life is that which is given by Sylvanus Bevan. Bevan was a Quaker apothecary in London, who had a remarkable gift for carving portraits in ivory. After Penn's death, he made such a portrait of him from memory. The men who had known William liked it greatly. Lord Cobham, to whom Bevan sent it, said, "It is William Penn himself." It represents him in a curled wig, with full cheeks and a double ...

— William Penn • George Hodges

... round and when they had returned to the saloon that he assailed her in his fiery, masterful fashion. At first she did not understand. Then when she understood that he was giving her her liberty she went stiff all over, her hand resting on the edge of the table, her face set like a carving of white marble. It was all over. It was as that abominable governess had said. She was insignificant, contemptible. Nobody could love her. Humiliation clung to her like a cold shroud—never to be shaken off, unwarmed ...

— Chance • Joseph Conrad

... Maren was a kind of harbour of refuge for the boy. He would sit there as quiet as a mouse in the corner by the wood-box, carving himself boats, which he put under his blouse when he carried Holman's dinner down to the ...

— One of Life's Slaves • Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie

... must credit the making of asbestos, the manufacture of lacquer, the carving of ivory and many other important industries. Even today they make the finest dishes and the best pottery. At one time they built a tower two hundred and fifty-six feet high entirely of porcelain. Ages ago they dug ...

— Birdseye Views of Far Lands • James T. Nichols

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