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Wrought by carving; ornamented by carvings; carved.

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  1. a. Wrought by carving; ornamented by carvings; carved.
  2. adj. made for or formed by carving (‘carven’ is archaic or literary)
  3. Wrought by carving; ornamented by carvings; carved. [Poetic] A carven bowl well wrought of beechen tree. Bp. Hall. The carven cedarn doors. Tennyson. A screen of carven ivory. Mrs. Browning.
  4. Wrought by carving; ornamented by carvings; carved. [Poetic]A carven bowl well wrought of beechen tree. Bp. Hall.The carven cedarn doors. Tennyson.A screen of carven ivory. Mrs. Browning.
  5. a made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary)