GRAVING

/หˆษกษนeษชvษชล‹/
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Definition

/หˆษกษนeษชvษชล‹/
verb
  1. To dig.
  2. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
  3. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
    “to grave an image”
verb
  1. To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch โ€” so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.
noun
  1. The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.
  2. An engraving.

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