ppl. a. [Strong pa. pple. of CARVE v.: in ME. corven; carven occurs in 16th c., but its present use is a 19th-c. revival, orig. poetical, but now frequent in rhetorical prose.] = CARVED.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 336. Of arte he had þe maistrie, he mad a coruen kyng.
1430. Lydg., Chron. Troy, II. xi. The corue knottes.
c. 1449. Pecock, Repr., I. xix. 114. Graued werk or coruun werk.
1528. More, Heresyes, I. Wks. 117/2. Hys ymage painted or caruen.
1820. Keats, St. Agnes, xxiv. Garlanded with carven imageries.
1856. Mrs. Browning, Aur. Leigh, IV. 1004. A screen of carven ivory.
1879. Dowden, Southey, 32. A miracle of carven tracery branches overhead.
