Category:Graving

Grav"ing, n. Etym: [From Grave to clean.]

Defn: The act of cleaning a ship's bottom. Graving dock. (Naut.) See under Dock.

graving Grav"ing, n. Etym: [From Grave to dig.]

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Defn: The act or art of carving figures in hard substances, esp. by incision or in intaglio.

2. That which is graved or carved. [R.] Skillful to. . . grave any manner of graving. 2 Chronicles 2:14.

3. Impression, as upon the mind or heart. New gravings upon their souls. Eikon Basilike

- ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Graving - (1.) Heb. hatsabh. Job 19:24, rendered "graven," but generally means hewn stone or wood, in quarry or forest. (2.) Heb. harush. Jeremiah 17:1, rendered "graven," and indicates generally artistic work in metal, wood, and stone, effected by fine instruments. (3.) Heb. haqaq. Ezekiel 4:1, engraving a plan or map, rendered "pourtray;" Job 19:23, "written." (4.) Heb. pasal points rather to the sculptor's or the carver's art (Isaiah 30:22; Isaiah 40:19; Isaiah 41:7; Isaiah 44:12). (5.) Pathah refers to intaglio work, the cutting and engraving of precious stones (Exodus 28:9, Exodus 28:21; Zechariah 3:9; Song of Songs 1:10, Song of Songs 1:11). (6.) Heret. In Exodus 32:4 rendered "graving tool;" and in Isaiah 8:1, "a pen."