单词 | carving |
释义 | carvingn. 1. The action of carve v., in various senses.In senses 5, 6 and 7 of the verb, carving is now usually restricted to work in wood, ivory, etc., sculpture being used of work in stone, and chasing of work in metal. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [noun] bita1000 kerfc1000 slittingc1175 carving?c1225 chop1362 cuttinga1398 hacking1398 scissure?a1425 garsingc1440 racing?a1450 incision1474 secting1507 raze1530 chopping1548 scotching1551 hackling1564 slashing1596 carbonadoing1599 kinsing1599 insection1653 secation1656 scission1676 gash1694 inciding1694 haggling1761 cut1808 shear1809 carve1888 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > [noun] > carving meat carving?c1225 unlacinga1475 coupagea1483 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] entailc1300 sculpture1390 carving1531 engraving1552 statuary1563 engravery1566 insculption1599 scalpture1656 tomice1662 manusculpture1704 tooling1815 sculpturing1842 sculpting1876 mudding1892 machine sculpture1970 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 254 Of keoruing oðer hurting. a1240 Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 207 In umbe keoruunge. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 264 Kervynge of mete. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. viii. sig. Cviiiv He shulde be..enstructed in painting or keruinge. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 26 Caruing and painting are the giftes of God. 1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow sig. Dv Her wry little finger bewrayes caruing. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 18 To say Episcopacy is partly of divine institution, and partly of mans own carving. 1768 Priv. Lett. 1st Ld. Malmesbury I. 168 Ladies here never interfere with carving, etc. 1841 R. W. Emerson Hist. in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 12 The value which is given to wood by carving. 2. Carved work; a carved figure or design. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > a sculpture or carving graving1382 carvingc1384 similitudea1450 piece1579 insculpturea1616 sculpture1616 draught1646 cut1658 cutting1787 sculpc1845 mushroom stone1957 c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame 1302 More to tellen..Ne of compasses ne of kervynges. 1633 G. Herbert Sion in Temple i Wood..embellished with flowers and carvings. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. i. 4 The carving on the reading-desk. 1867 M. E. Herbert Impress. Spain 20 The choir..is very rich in carving. 3. high-carving n. Nautical see carved adj. b. ΚΠ a1643 W. Monson Naval Tracts iii, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. (1704) III. 322/1 A ship that carries her ordnance low, and her hull high built, has a great advantage of a galley..if she [sc. the galley] be desperately forced to board the same ship, she will not be able to enter her, in respect of her heighth and high carving. 4. a. General attributive, as carving-board, carving-fork, carving-knife, carving-machine, carving-machinery, carving-table, carving-tool, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > knife dressing knife1362 trencher-knife1392 bread knife1432 kitchen knife1433 dresser knifea1450 carving-knifea1475 sticking knife1495 chipper1508 chipping knife1526 butcher's knife1557 striking knife1578 mincing knife1586 cook's knife1599 oyster knife1637 randing knife1725 stick knife1819 chopping-knife1837 carver1839 butch knife1845 fish-carver1855 fruit-knife1855 rimmer1876 throating knife1879 steak knife1895 paring knife1908 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > meat-block, board, or table meat-table1381 stock1488 butcher's block1577 butcher's tray1651 carving-board1675 meat-boarda1827 meat block1838 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > fork prong1626 carving-fork1678 flesh-fork1679 tormentor1707 a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 673 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 322 Two keruyng knyfes. 1503 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 96 A payre of carving knyves. 1675 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Trunks ii. vii. 75 Shoomakers..make use of it [sc. sallow] for their Carving-boards. 1678 London Gaz. No. 1332/4 1 silver carving fork. 1680 London Gaz. No. 1487/4 A great Carving Spoon. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 739 The most perfect carving machine..made for strictly artistic works. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 739 The carving machinery..invented by Mr. Jordan and patented in 1845. b. carving horse n. U.S. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1920 J. M. Hunter Trail Drivers of Texas 297 The specially trained horses used [to cut out cattle]..are called ‘carving horses’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). carvingadj. That carves or cuts; cutting, sharp. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > sharpness of edge or point > [adjective] sharpc825 bitel?c1200 keena1225 carving?c1225 fellc1330 trenchantc1330 snarpc1480 cuttinga1533 tart?a1534 undullc1540 steel-sharpa1560 teen1578 unrebated1579 unbated1604 biting1607 eager?1611 unblunted1656 shrewd1878 cutty1903 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [adjective] carving?c1225 flyschand?a1400 gashing1566 scorching1570 slicing1578 incisive1598 rescindent1598 hacking1602 dismangling1659 inciding1739 slashing1827 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > irritable [adjective] > snappish or sharp-tongued > of words spoken carving?c1225 short1390 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 158 Schearpe & kerewinde word. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle iii. i. (1483) 50 Sharp keruyng rasours. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 8640 Hit was keruond & kene. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmascarving carving n. ΚΠ 1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock ii. i. 73 How do we make you safe, Spicer?.. If carving'd do it [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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