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carven

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carv·en  (kärvn)
v. Archaic
A past tense and a past participle of carve.
adj.
That has been wrought or decorated by carving.
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Adj.1.carven - made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary); "the carved fretwork"; "an intricately carved door"; "stood as if carven from stone"
carved
literature - creative writing of recognized artistic value
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And, too, these legends always held forth the hope that some day that nameless continent from which their race had sprung, would rise once more out of the sea and with slaves at the long sweeps would send her carven, gold-picked galleys forth to succor the long-exiled colonists.
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Jewel-encrusted women lolled even thus early upon the carven balconies before their sleeping apartments.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Fifteen minutes of silence passed, the blind man as if carven of stone, the dog, trembling with eagerness under the articulate touch of his fingers, obeying the bidding to make no sound.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
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