'Graving' definitions:

Definition of 'Graving'

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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.] [1913 Webster]
1. To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
He hath graven and digged up a pit. --Ps. vii. 16 (Book of Common Prayer). [1913 Webster]
2. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave. [1913 Webster]
Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel. --Ex. xxviii. 9. [1913 Webster]
3. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image. [1913 Webster]
With gold men may the hearte grave. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly. [1913 Webster]
O! may they graven in thy heart remain. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
5. To entomb; to bury. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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Graving \Grav"ing\, n. [From Grave to clean.] The act of cleaning a ship's bottom. [1913 Webster]
Graving dock. (Naut.) See under Dock. [1913 Webster]

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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. [1913 Webster]
2. That which is graved or carved. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Skillful to . . . grave any manner of graving. --2 Chron. ii. 14. [1913 Webster]
3. Impression, as upon the mind or heart. [1913 Webster]
New gravings upon their souls. --Eikon Basilike [1913 Webster]

Graving
Heb. hatsabh. Job 19:24, rendered "graven," but generally means hewn stone or wood, in quarry or forest.
Heb. harush. Jer. 17:1, rendered "graven," and indicates generally artistic work in metal, wood, and stone, effected by fine instruments.
Heb. haqaq. Ezek. 4:1, engraving a plan or map, rendered "pourtray;" Job 19:23, "written."
Heb. pasal points rather to the sculptor's or the carver's art (Isa. 30:22; 40:19; 41:7; 44:12-15).
Pathah refers to intaglio work, the cutting and engraving of precious stones (Ex. 28:9-11, 21; Zech. 3:9; Cant. 1:10, 11).
Heret. In Ex. 32:4 rendered "graving tool;" and in Isa. 8:1, "a pen."