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Carving

noun

A sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape.

Removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape. Synonym: cutting.

Creating figures or designs in three dimensions. Synonym: sculpture.

Carve

verb

(past & past part. carved; pres. part. carving)

Form by carving.

Engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface. Synonym: chip at.

Cut to pieces. Synonym: cut up.

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"Carving" Quotes from Famous Books

... a pretty young girl is like carving a portrait in silver. There may be great elaboration, but no likeness will be forthcoming. It is better to put the elaboration into the young lady's clothes, and trust to a touch here and a stroke there to bring out her beauty ...

— The Mind of the Artist - Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art • Various

... which they would regain by designing and even weaving tapestries and muslins; experimenting in vats with dyes to rival Tyrian purple; printing and binding by hand books that surpass the best of the Aldine, and Elzevirs; carving in old oak; hammering brass; forging locks, irons, and candlesticks; becoming artists in burned wood and leather; seeking old effects of simplicity and solidity in furniture and decoration, as well as architecture, stained glass, and to some extent in dress and manners; and all ...

— Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene • G. Stanley Hall

... loyalty to Mr. Fane-Smith and regard for Tom's future happiness, felt bound to be hard-hearted and to separate them at dinner. Tom used to sit at the bottom of the table as Raeburn did not care for the trouble of carving; Erica was at the head with her father in his usual place at her right hand. She put Rose in between him and the professor who generally dined with them on Saturday; upon the opposite side were Aunt Jean and M. Noirol. Now Rose, who had been quite in her element as long ...

— We Two • Edna Lyall

... The next afternoon he went to call. It was a case of love at first sight for both, and the wedding soon followed, with all the military splendor. As was told before, when the Civil War came he left the Union Army. Captain Johns had quite a talent for carving, and did a very good medallion of General Grant, who continued always to be a true friend to him. He also invented a tent which was used during the Civil War ...

— A Portrait of Old George Town • Grace Dunlop Ecker

... her hand away from the grasp of Asti, the tiny sun and its planets followed, spinning now above her palm as they had above the statue's. But out of the cowled figure some virtue had departed with the going of the miniature solar system; it was now but a carving of stone. And Varta did not look at it again as she passed behind its bulk to seek a certain place in the temple wall, known to her from much ...

— The Gifts of Asti • Andre Alice Norton

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