carvenadj.
/ˈkɑːv(ə)n/ = carved adj.
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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
1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 336 Of arte he had þe maistrie, he mad a coruen kyng.
1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xi The corue knottes.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 114 Graued werk or coruun werk.
1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 117/2 Hys ymage painted or caruen.
1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 95 Garlanded with carven imag'ries.
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh iv. 171 A screen of carven ivory.
1879 E. Dowden Southey 32 A miracle of carven tracery branches overhead.
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adj.1330- to make heavy cheer
- to make heavy etc cheer
- to make heavy foul cheer
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- to make heavy weather of
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