Crossword clues for graver
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grave \Grave\, a. [Compar. Graver (gr[=a]v"[~e]r); superl. Gravest.] [F., fr. L. gravis heavy; cf. It. & Sp. grave heavy, grave. See Grief.]
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Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. [Obs.]
His shield grave and great.
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Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc.
Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors.
--Shak.A grave and prudent law, full of moral equity.
--Milton. Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.
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Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a grave note or key.
The thicker the cord or string, the more grave is the note or tone.
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Slow and solemn in movement.
Grave accent. (Pron.) See the Note under Accent, n., 2.
Syn: Solemn; sober; serious; sage; staid; demure; thoughtful; sedate; weighty; momentous; important.
Usage: Grave, Sober, Serious, Solemn. Sober supposes the absence of all exhilaration of spirits, and is opposed to gay or flighty; as, sober thought. Serious implies considerateness or reflection, and is opposed to jocose or sportive; as, serious and important concerns. Grave denotes a state of mind, appearance, etc., which results from the pressure of weighty interests, and is opposed to hilarity of feeling or vivacity of manner; as, a qrave remark; qrave attire. Solemn is applied to a case in which gravity is carried to its highest point; as, a solemn admonition; a solemn promise.
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Graver \Graver\, n.
One who graves; an engraver or a sculptor; one whose occupation is te cut letters or figures in stone or other hard material.
An ergraving or cutting tool; a burin.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: grave) n. 1 a burin 2 a carver or engraver
WordNet
n. a tool used by an engraver [syn: graving tool, pointel, pointrel]
Wikipedia
Graver may refer to:
- Burin (French burin, "cold chisel"), a tool used in the art of engravery
- Graver (surname), an older English name, still common
- Graver basis
- a neologism derived from "goth" and "raver", primarily used as an alternative term for Cybergoth
Graver is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Andy Graver (1927–2014), English footballer
- Elizabeth Graver (born 1964), American writer
- Fred Graver, American writer
- Gary Graver (1938–2006), American film director
- Kjersti Graver (born 1945), Norwegian jurist
Usage examples of "graver".
But there are many other sins which are graver than fornication, especially the sin of unbelief.
And this resemblance in crime applies no less to other sinners than to fornicators: because by other mortal sins, sinners act against the charity of Christ, of which this sacrament is the sign, and all the more according as their sins are graver.
Although fornication is not graver than other sins, yet men are more prone to it, owing to fleshly concupiscence.
If the twins want to swim Billy Graver takes them to the club and Grandmother sits by the pool with them and pops towels around their shoulders.
Therefore when the worried Kurt Graver arrives at the Larrabie house on Arbor Street near three on that sunny Sunday, the I Archer twins are waiting for him.
There was something so captivating in his light way of touching these fantastic strings, and he was such a mirthful child by the side of the graver childhood we had seen, that he made my guardian smile even as he turned towards us from a little private talk with Mrs. Blinder.
It was probable -- nothing she had heard led her to doubt the fact -- that the Sky's Edge war had placed her in situations far graver than any the crew had experienced beyond their ship.
But since it would be most scandalous to pass over with connivent eyes and leave unpunished your offences against God and your injuries to men, for it is a graver matter to offend the Divine Majesty than a human monarch, and that your crimes may not be an incentive for other sinners, and that you may become more careful in the future and less prone to commit again the aforesaid crimes, and may suffer the less punishment in the next world: We the aforesaid Bishop and Judge, having availed ourselves of the wise and considered advice of learned men in this matter, sitting in tribunal as Judges judging, having before our eyes only God and the irrefragable truth of the Holy Faith, with the Holy Gospels placed before us that our judgement may proceed as from the countenance of God and our eyes see with equity, sentence and condemn, or rather impose penance in the following manner upon you N.
These are the studies of their graver hours, while for their amusements they have the vast circle of connoisseurship, painting, music, statuary, and natural philosophy, or rather unnatural, which deals in the wonderful, and knows nothing of Nature, except her monsters and imperfections.
There are many accidents waiting to happen that could have far graver consequences, including some that would destroy all humanity.
God and your injuries to men, for it is a graver matter to offend the Divine Majesty than a human monarch, and that your crimes may not be an incentive for other sinners, and that you may become more careful in the future and less prone to commit again the aforesaid crimes, and may suffer the less punishment in the next world: We the aforesaid Bishop and Judge, having availed ourselves of the wise and considered advice of learned men in this matter, sitting in tribunal as Judges judging, having before our eyes only God and the irrefragable truth of the Holy Faith, with the Holy Gospels placed before us that our judgement may proceed as from the countenance of God and our eyes see with equity, sentence and condemn, or rather impose penance in the following manner upon you N.
I'm not really a very good carver, you should see the work of some, and that of the sculptors, and gravers, and the artists who paint the sacred walls.
It is this false moneyer with his gravers and burins who seeks favor with the judge and he is at contriving from cold slag brute in the crucible a face that will pass, an image that will render this residual specie current in the markets where men barter.
Far graver was the real difference between this muster and the last, no less than eleven men having been taken to hospital, four with Malta fever, four with the great pox, two with limbs broken in drunken falls, and one pierced with a Maltese knife, while a twelfth was in prison, waiting trial for a rape.
Charles Fielding's unfortunate position - his letters - her collecting of information (nothing wicked: only to do with marine insurance: but confidential) - the sudden much graver mission, on which her husband's life depended - they told her that Dr Maturin had connexions in France with whom he corresponded in code - it was all concerned with finance and perhaps smuggling - she was to win his confidence and obtain the addresses and the codes.