carven
Americanadjective
verb
Etymology
Origin of carven
See carve, -en 3; replacing Middle English corven, Old English corfen (past participle)
Example Sentences
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Conducted by the long scarlet-robed figure of Cardinal Merry del Val, Archpriest of the Basilica, they admired painted ceilings and gigantic carven cherubs, knelt above the Tomb of the Apostles.
From Time Magazine Archive
In their ruddy jackets of leather, the twelve members appeared before their stately lord where he sat in a carven chair in his long red room.
From Time Magazine Archive
No carven motto is more obvious than that above the Supreme Court bench: "Eyes and ears are poor witnesses when the soul is barbarous."
From Time Magazine Archive
Yellow-garmented Buddhist priests chanted prayers, thumbed beads, whirred carven prayer wheels.
From Time Magazine Archive
There at the landgate between carven dragons the guards of the City of Gont, seeing the mage, knelt with bared swords and welcomed him.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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