They are graved, i.e., a surface layer of oxidation has been scratched away. |
He asked to have his ship trimmed and graved, and was much grieved to hear that the prize had been bestowed elsewhere. |
Upon that primval fabric, are graved long records of changes beyond the reach of Thought. |
His picture was graved three or four yeares since, I thinke 'tis before a book. |
And he sat down at his desk and looked at the heads of the Roman emperors that were graved on his sleeve links. |
After a period of time in Ternate, she left and sailed southward of the Celebes where they stopped at an island and graved the ship for 26 days. |