Car"ven (?), a. Wrought by carving; ornamented by carvings; carved. [Poetic]

A carven bowl well wrought of beechen tree.

Bp. Hall.

The carven cedarn doors.

Tennyson.

A screen of carven ivory.

Mrs. Browning.

Car"vene (?), n. [F. carvi caraway.] An oily substance, C10H16, extracted from oil caraway.

Carv"er (?), n. 1. One who carves; one who shapes or fashions by carving, or as by carving; esp. one who carves decorative forms, architectural adornments, etc. "The carver's chisel." Dodsley.

The carver of his fortunes.

Sharp (Richardson's Dict. )

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