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GRAVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tool used by an engraver
Synonyms:
graver; graving tool; pointel; pointrel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("graver" is a kind of...):
hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "graver"):
scauper; scorper (a graver used to scoop out broad areas when engraving wood or metal)
Context examples:
He was surprised; but after a few moments' silent consideration of her, replied in a calmer, graver tone, and as if the candid result of conviction, I believe you are right.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
He was handsomer than ever and greatly improved, she thought, but now that the flush of pleasure at meeting her was over, he looked tired and spiritless—not sick, nor exactly unhappy, but older and graver than a year or two of prosperous life should have made him.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Mr. Knightley immediately got up, and in a manner decidedly graver than usual, said, I would not go away without seeing you, but I have no time to spare, and therefore must now be gone directly.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
I observed all day that Mr. Murdstone was graver and steadier than the two gentlemen.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
With a graver look and voice she then added, 'I do not mean to defend Henry at your sister's expense.' So she began, but how she went on, Fanny, is not fit, is hardly fit to be repeated to you. I cannot recall all her words. I would not dwell upon them if I could. Their substance was great anger at the folly of each. She reprobated her brother's folly in being drawn on by a woman whom he had never cared for, to do what must lose him the woman he adored; but still more the folly of poor Maria, in sacrificing such a situation, plunging into such difficulties, under the idea of being really loved by a man who had long ago made his indifference clear.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
