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Webster 1913 Edition
Graving
Grav′ing
,Noun.
[From
Grave
to clean.] The act of cleaning a ship’s bottom.
Graving dock
. (Naut.)
See under Dock.
1.
The act or art of carving figures in hard substances, especially by incision or in intaglio.
2.
That which is graved or carved.
[R.]
Skillful to . . .
grave
any manner of graving
. 2 Chron. ii. 14.
3.
Impression, as upon the mind or heart.
New
gravings
upon their souls. Eikon Basilike
Webster 1828 Edition
Graving
GRA'VING
,ppr.
GRA'VING
,Noun.
1.
Impression.