graver
noun/ˈɡɹeɪ.və(ɹ)/
Etymology From Middle English gravere, graver, gravoure, from Old English græfere, grafere (“graver; engraver; sculptor”), equivalent to grave (“to engrave”) + -er. Cognate with Dutch graveur, German Graveur, Danish gravør, Swedish gravör, Icelandic grafari.
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Dated a burin
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Obsolete a carver, sculptor, or engraver
- 1852-1854, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs.
- […] the parts within the contorno are drawn by the incisions of the graver […]a. 1798, James Barry, Observations on different works of art in France and Ital: