Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Middle English preterit plural and past participle of carve.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- p. p. of
carve .
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- verb obsolete past participle of
carve .
Etymologies
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From Middle English corven ("carved"), from Old English corfen ("carved"), past participle of ceorfan ("to carve"). More at carve.
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Leches white with an antelope of redde corven theryn, a crowne about his neck with a cheyne of golde.
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