gra veness

[Eng. grave, a.; -ne .] The quality or state of being grave; serious; solemnity; gravity; sobriety of behavior; dignity. "His sables and his weeds Importing health and gravene ." Shakesp.: Hamlet , iv. 7. IMG:content-0719.png:[blocks in formation] grāv-er, *graf er, *graf-ere, *grav-owre, s. [A. S. græfere; Fr. graveur.] 1. One who carves or engraves; one whose busine is to carve or engrave upon wood, stone, metal, .; an engraver, a sculptor. "Just like a marble statue did he stand, Cut by some skillful graver's artful hand." Cowley: Pyramus and This be ; The Song . 2. The tool or style used in graving. They are made of different shapes, according to the purpose intended, and are of fine steel; a burin. 3. An instrument used for turning iron after it has been roughed out by the heel-tool.