chip carving

American  

noun

1. wood carving, usually executed with a knife and characterized by small incisions and simple geometrical patterns.

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Etymology

Origin of chip carving

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

What with repoussé work and stencilling and chip carving, I hardly ever get half an hour to enjoy a book.

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Latterly chip carving became the fashion, as it was then possible to obtain the necessary articles from a German firm through the canteen.

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One of the simplest forms of wood-carving is that known as "chip" carving.

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This being so, there is no inherent reason why such a rudimentary form of the art as "chip" carving should not be practised in a way consistent with its true nature and limitations.

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She and Ulyth pottered together over photography, mounted specimens for the museum, tried new stitches in embroidery, and worked at the same patterns in chip carving.

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