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Meanings of carven in English

Portuguese
entalhado
Catalan
esculpit

Made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary)

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entalhado
Usage of carven in English
1
The trembling passed; he was like a horse carven in bluish granite.
Judith of Blue Lake Ranch
2
The open hand showed in the lamplight steady as a carven hand.
Brood of the Witch-Queen
3
Primitive but definite: three carven lines converging at the top: an arrow.
The marks of cain
4
For the grotesque, carven thing was the very birthright of her boy.
The Shagganappi
5
Lot clutched the carven edge of the mantel-shelf, then loosened his fingers.
Madelon: A Novel
6
Of carven figures there are several besides the standard bearer already mentioned.
Northumberland Yesterday and To-day
7
Open shop fronts and quaintly carven balconies were noisy with shrill voices.
The Great Amulet
8
That carven block of stone has had a curious effect upon me.
His Hour
9
In places, huge masses of carven stone-pylons-stillstand upright, rising like hills.
Egypt (La Mort de Philae)
10
His face was as if carven out of oak, set and grey-brown.
The Trespasser
11
His emaciated hands, stretched out, rested above the grains like carven things.
The Garden of Allah
12
Radiant with beauty, the Cup of the Ptolemies was carven of onyx.
At the mountains of madness
13
The strained lines on Handy Solomon's carven features relaxed little by little.
The Mystery
14
Natalie, her head slightly averted, sat her horse like a carven woman.
Two on the Trail: A Story of the Far Northwest
15
For ten minutes he sat like a carven thing on his haunches.
The Grizzly King: A Romance of the Wild
16
Still as a carven image, he squatted there watching me, unmoving, expressionless.
Fire-Tongue
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