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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The act or art of one who carves.

A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material.

“Carving in wood.”

Sir W. Temple.

The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material;

as, the Italian

carving

of the 15th century

ppr.

Cutting, dividing, as meat; cutting in stone, wood or metal; apportioning; distributing.

Noun.

The act of cutting, as meat; the act or art of cutting figures in wood or stone; sculpture; figures carved.