Graving

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun That which is graved or carved.

II. Graving ·noun The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.

III. Graving ·noun Impression, as upon the mind or heart.

IV. Graving ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Grave.

V. Graving ·noun The act or art of carving figures in hard substances, ·esp. by incision or in intaglio.

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