The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grave \Grave\, v. t. [imp. Graved (gr[=a]vd); p. p. Graven
(gr[=a]v"'n) or Graved; p. pr. & vb. n. Graving.] [AS.
grafan to dig, grave, engrave; akin to OFries. greva, D.
graven, G. graben, OHG. & Goth. graban, Dan. grabe, Sw.
gr[aum]fva, Icel. grafa, but prob. not to Gr. gra`fein to
write, E. graphic. Cf. Grave, n., Grove, n.]
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1. To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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He hath graven and digged up a pit. --Ps. vii. 16
(Book of
Common
Prayer).
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2. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard
substance; to engrave.
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Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them
the names of the children of Israel. --Ex. xxviii.
9.
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3. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel;
to sculpture; as, to grave an image.
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With gold men may the hearte grave. --Chaucer.
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4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
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O! may they graven in thy heart remain. --Prior.
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5. To entomb; to bury. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Graving \Grav"ing\, n. [From Grave to clean.]
The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.
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Graving dock. (Naut.) See under Dock.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Graving \Grav"ing\, n. [From Grave to dig.]
1. The act or art of carving figures in hard substances,
especially by incision or in intaglio.
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2. That which is graved or carved. [R.]
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Skillful to . . . grave any manner of graving. --2
Chron. ii. 14.
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3. Impression, as upon the mind or heart.
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New gravings upon their souls. --Eikon
Basilike
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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Graving
(1.) Heb. hatsabh. Job 19:24, rendered "graven," but generally
means hewn stone or wood, in quarry or forest.
(2.) Heb. harush. Jer. 17:1, rendered "graven," and indicates
generally artistic work in metal, wood, and stone, effected by
fine instruments.
(3.) Heb. haqaq. Ezek. 4:1, engraving a plan or map, rendered
"pourtray;" Job 19:23, "written."
(4.) Heb. pasal points rather to the sculptor's or the
carver's art (Isa. 30:22; 40:19; 41:7; 44:12-15).
(5.) Pathah refers to intaglio work, the cutting and engraving
of precious stones (Ex. 28:9-11, 21; Zech. 3:9; Cant. 1:10, 11).
(6.) Heret. In Ex. 32:4 rendered "graving tool;" and in Isa.
8:1, "a pen."