Grav"ing (?), n. [From Grave to clean.]
The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.
Graving dock. (Naut.) See under Dock.
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Grav"ing, n. [From Grave to dig.]
l.
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 Chron. ii. 14.
3.
Impression, as upon the mind or heart.
New gravings upon their souls.
Eikon Basilike
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