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Webster 1913 Edition
Carver
Carv′er
,Noun.
1.
One who carves; one who shapes or fashions by carving, or as by carving; esp. one who carves decorative forms, architectural adornments, etc.
“The carver’s chisel.” Dodsley.
The
carver
of his fortunes. Sharp (Richardson's Dict. )
2.
One who carves or divides meat at table.
3.
A large knife for carving.
Webster 1828 Edition
Carver
CARVER
,Noun.
1.
One who cuts meat at tale; a sculptor; one who apportions or distributes at will, or one who takes or gives at pleasure.2.
A large table knife for carving.Definition 2024
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English
Noun
carver (plural carvers)
- Someone who carves.
- (dated) A carving knife.
- (dated) A butcher.
- An armchair as part of a set of dining chairs (originally for the person who is to carve the meat).
- 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 215:
- She began a circuit of the dining room, peering at the baronial fireplace with its andirons the size of torture racks, and heavy oak carvers like gnarled thrones.
- 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 215:
Derived terms
Translations
one who carves