To cut with blows so as to shape, smooth, trim, reduce in size, or the like; to shape with cutting blows of axe, hammer and chisel, etc. Now…

transitive. To hew about, to carve.

transitive. To cut, esp. to a certain size or shape; to shape, fashion; well tailed, well shaped or fashioned. See also tailed, adj.2 1. Obsolete.

transitive. To cut, grave, pare, shape, etc. with a chisel. Often with out.

transitive. To cut; to cut to shape. Obsolete.

To make or form by cutting (e.g. a statue, engraving, seal, jewel, etc.), to sculpture or carve (a statue or image), to engrave (a plate, seal…

transitive. To shape or mark out by cutting. Frequently with out. Also figurative. Obsolete.

transitive. To make or produce by cutting or rasping. Obsolete.

To make or shape by whittling; to carve. Also figurative.

transitive. technical. To remove small portions from (the edge of a piece of glass, a tile, etc.), using a tool or machine. Cf. nibbler, n. 3.