graver

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English grave English -er English graver From grave (adjective) + -er.

1. comparative form of grave: more grave

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English gravere, graver, gravoure, from Old English græfere, grafere (“graver; engraver; sculptor”), equivalent to grave (“to engrave”) + -er. Cognate with Dutch graveur, German Graveur, Danish gravør, Swedish gravör, Icelandic grafari.

1. a burin
2. a carver, sculptor, or engraver

   “1852-1854, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs.”

   “[…] the parts within the contorno are drawn by the incisions of the graver […]”