well carvedadj.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxxix^v Her Graces Chariot in the which she rode all her iourney, well carued & gylte with Armes of her countrey.

1593 J. Napier Plaine Discouery Reuelation St. Iohn ii. xviii. 218 Tabernacles and other ornamentes in Churches, and Church places of al manner of well carued, and long lasting wood, Host boxes, and relique buses of Iuorie or fine woode.

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) viii. 614 Nausicaa..Stood by a well-caru'd Columne of the roome.

1640 F. Palmer in E. Chilmead tr. J. Ferrand Ερωτομανια sig. b6^v The Objects only chang'd, from well carv'd stone, A Face, to Arts and contemplation.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xxxvi. 34 A pretty well carv'd Image of the God Samsay.

1819 J. Storer Hist. & Antiq. Cathedral Churches of Great Brit. IV. York 10 These stalls..are of modern workmanship, and on the whole tolerably well carved.

1854 F. Robinson tr. B. Savarin Physiol. of Taste vi. 104 Which one of us, condemned to the fare of the fathers of the desert, would not have smiled at the idea of a well-carved chicken's wing.

1973 Country Life 31 May 1567 Chestnut wood window seats..the..legs..faced by well carved husk design.

1996 R. L. Carson in R. L. Carson & L. Dalla Bona Early Human Occup. in Brit. Columbia xx. 220/2 Some of the spoons are well carved and indicative of the work of a master.