Definition: graving

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Grave \Grave\, v. t. [imp. Graved (gr[=a]vd); p. p. Graven
   (gr[=a]v"'n) or Graved; p. pr. & vb. n. Graving.] [AS.
   grafan to dig, grave, engrave; akin to OFries. greva, D.
   graven, G. graben, OHG. & Goth. graban, Dan. grabe, Sw.
   gr[aum]fva, Icel. grafa, but prob. not to Gr. gra`fein to
   write, E. graphic. Cf. Grave, n., Grove, n.]
   1. To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.

            He hath graven and digged up a pit.   --Ps. vii. 16
                                                  (Book of
                                                  Common
                                                  Prayer).

   2. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard
      substance; to engrave.

            Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them
            the names of the children of Israel.  --Ex. xxviii.
                                                  9.

   3. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel;
      to sculpture; as, to grave an image.

            With gold men may the hearte grave.   --Chaucer.

   4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.

            O! may they graven in thy heart remain. --Prior.

   5. To entomb; to bury. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

            Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. --Shak.

Graving \Grav"ing\, n. [From Grave to clean.]
   The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.

   Graving dock. (Naut.) See under Dock.

Graving \Grav"ing\, n. [From Grave to dig.]
   l. The act or art of carving figures in hard substances, esp.
      by incision or in intaglio.

   2. That which is graved or carved. [R.]

            Skillful to . . . grave any manner of graving. --2
                                                  Chron. ii. 14.

   3. Impression, as upon the mind or heart.

            New gravings upon their souls.        --Eikon
                                                  Basilike

Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Graving
   (1.) Heb. hatsabh. Job 19:24, rendered "graven," but generally
   means hewn stone or wood, in quarry or forest.
   
     (2.) Heb. harush. Jer. 17:1, rendered "graven," and indicates
   generally artistic work in metal, wood, and stone, effected by
   fine instruments.
   
     (3.) Heb. haqaq. Ezek. 4:1, engraving a plan or map, rendered
   "pourtray;" Job 19:23, "written."
   
     (4.) Heb. pasal points rather to the sculptor's or the
   carver's art (Isa. 30:22; 40:19; 41:7; 44:12-15).
   
     (5.) Pathah refers to intaglio work, the cutting and engraving
   of precious stones (Ex. 28:9-11, 21; Zech. 3:9; Cant. 1:10, 11).
   
     (6.) Heret. In Ex. 32:4 rendered "graving tool;" and in Isa.
   8:1, "a pen."