(transitive, obsolete) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
(transitive, obsolete) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture
(transitive, obsolete) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
(transitive, obsolete) To entomb; to bury.
(transitive, obsolete, nautical) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch — so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.
(intransitive, obsolete) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
