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carving

In sculpture, the technique of cutting or hewing the surface of a block of material to shape it into a particular form. A carving can also be decoration or inscription cut into flatter surfaces such as panelling, stone, or marble. In relief carving, figures and other decorations stand out from the background.



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So he selected a fine, big pumpkin -- one with a lustrous, orange-red color -- and began carving it.
He laid down the carving-knife and fork - being engaged in carving, at the moment - put his two hands into his disturbed hair, and appeared to make an extraordinary effort to lift himself up by it.
But it's no matter; he should not shut up my path if he were fifty baronets melted into one and living in a hundred Chesney Wolds, one within another, like the ivory balls in a Chinese carving.
 
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