Carve

kiSrv, v.t., to cut into forms, devices, , to m ike or shape by cutting to cut up (meat) into slices or pieces to apportion or distribute, — v.i. to exercise the trade of a sculptor. [A S. ceor/an to cut, to hew; Dut. kerven, Ger. kerbcn to notch. See Grave.] Carver, kaiV^r, n. one who carves a sculptor, Car yates, kar-i-at'cz, Caryatides, kar-i-at'i-dSz, ti.pl. [arch.) figures of women used instead of columns for supporters. [L. Car yates Gr. K.iryatides the women of Cary a town in Arcadia.] —