Reverse Dictionary: CARVE

ADJECTIVES
► CARVEN carved → 1330
► CATAGLYPHIC of carving out or incising → 1708 obs.
► CUTTED carved, sculptured, engraved → 1438 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► YCORVEN carved → 1297 obs.

NOUNS
► CUT a carving → 1658 obs.
► KERF a carving or cutting; a cut, a stroke → c1000
► MANUSCULPT an inscription carved or engraved by hand → a1859
► MANUSCULPTURE carving or engraving by hand → 1704 obs.
► SCALPTURE carving, graving → 1656
► TOMICE the art of carving → 1662
► UNBREWING a fanciful name for a ‘company’ of carvers → 1486 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► CUTTER a carver, a sculptor, an engraver → 1572
► IMAGER a carver, a sculptor; a maker of images → a1300 obs.
► MOMICKS a bad carver → 1889 Amer. (Bk.)

VERBS
► BEHEW to carve, to hew about → c1314 obs.
► BETRENCH to carve, to cut up, to slash → 1656 obs.
► BREAK to carve, to cut up → 1911 Sc.
► MALAHACK to carve or cut in a slovenly, awkward way → a1825 Eng. dial.
► MAMMOCK ► MOMMOCK ► MUMMOCK to carve awkwardly; to mangle; to tear → 1520 Eng. dial.
► QUINSE to carve, to cut → 1598 obs.
► SCALP to cut, to carve, to engrave; to scrape, to scratch → 1552 obs.
► SHEAR to carve meat at table → 1330 obs.
► SNAGGLE to carve meat badly; to nibble → 1888 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THWITE to carve, to whittle; to pare wood; to cut with a knife → 1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THWITTLE to carve, to whittle, to cut → 1790 Eng. dial.