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Webster 1913 Edition


Carven

Car′ven

,
Adj.
Wrought by carving; ornamented by carvings; carved.
[Poetic]
A
carven
bowl well wrought of beechen tree.
Bp. Hall.
The
carven
cedarn doors.
Tennyson.
A screen of
carven
ivory.
Mrs. Browning.

Definition 2024


carven

carven

English

Adjective

carven (not comparable)

  1. Made by carving, especially when intricately or artistically done.
    • 1920, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Thuvia, Maiden of Mars, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:
      The facades of the buildings fronting upon the avenue within the wall were richly carven

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