graver

What it means

1. dateda burin
2. obsoletea 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.

   1 more example

   […] 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

In a sentence

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.

Where it comes from

1. Old Englishgræfere
2. Middle Englishgravere
3. Englishgraver

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.