graver
Americannoun
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gravers
plural
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any of various tools for chasing, engraving, etc., as a burin.
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an engraver.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of graver
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at grave 3, -er 1
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So far, the war in Iran has put them in even graver danger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Takaichi's challenges are graver: Japan is older, its economy is still growing too slowly and the world is in a very different place.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
Before I was ever a graver myself, one of my now-comrades in Texas wrote a memorial to a man on Find a Grave.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2024
Surely the threats posed to Tabassum can’t be graver than those facing a president of the United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
He had been graver than usual of late, but very pleasant, and when jokingly accused of turning over a new leaf, he answered soberly, “So I am, and I mean this one shall stay turned.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Like many other gravers, I’ve come to understand personally the compulsion behind it—and all a simple discovery can do to a person still among the living.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2024
According to other gravers I spoke to, these kinds of situations are rare—but not entirely surprising.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2024
There are, in my view, three categories of gravers: First, there are the mercenaries who, like me, fulfill specific photo requests for users.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2024
That’s because some gravers create memorials for the dead as soon as they find the obituary in their local paper.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2024
Now let us examine into the best positions for holding the gravers.
From A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting Containing Complete Directions for Making and Fitting New Staffs from the Raw Material by Eugene Edward Hall
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