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Spur :: Spur (n.) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage..

Term :: Term (n.) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.

Gorgoneion :: Gorgoneion (n.) A mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon's head.

Carven :: Carven (a.) Wrought by carving; ornamented by carvings; carved.

Pomegranate :: Pomegranate (n.) A carved or embroidered ornament resembling a pomegranate.

Engrave :: Engrave (v. t.) To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.

Pipestone :: Pipestone (n.) A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco pipes. Cf. Catlinite..

Incise :: Incise (v. t.) To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.

Pagodite :: Pagodite (n.) Agalmatolite; -- so called because sometimes carved by the Chinese into the form of pagodas. See Agalmatolite.

Cittern-head :: Cittern-head (n.) Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head.

Sorrento Work :: Sorrento work () Ornamental work, mostly carved in olivewood, decorated with inlay, made at or near Sorrento, Italy. Hence, more rarely, jig-saw work and the like done anywhere..

Taffrail :: Taffrail (n.) The upper part of a ship's stern, which is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail around a ship's stern..

Corven :: Corven () p. p. of Carve.

Carver :: Carver (n.) A large knife for carving.

Carve :: Carve (v. t.) To cut: to hew; to mark as if by cutting.

Kerve :: Kerve (v. t.) To carve.

Carve :: Carve (v. i.) To exercise the trade of a sculptor or carver; to engrave or cut figures.

Forkerve :: Forkerve (v. t.) See Forcarve, v. t..

Gargoyle :: Gargoyle (n.) A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely..

Agalmatolite :: Agalmatolite (n.) A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite..

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