Grave (?), v. t. (Naut.) 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.
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Grave, v. t. [imp. Graved (grāvd); p. p. Graven (grāv'n) or Graved; p. pr. & vb. n. Graving.] [AS. grafan to dig, grave, engrave; akin to OFries. greva, D. graven, G. graben, OHG. & Goth. graban, Dan. grabe, Sw. gräfva, Icel. grafa, but prob. not to Gr. grafein to write, E. graphic. Cf. Grave, n., Grove, n.]
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1. To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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He hath graven and digged up a pit. Ps. vii. 16 (Book of Common Prayer).
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2. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
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Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel. Ex. xxviii. 9.
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3. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.
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With gold men may the hearte grave. Chaucer.
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4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
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O! may they graven in thy heart remain. Prior.
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5. To entomb; to bury. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. Shak.
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Grave, n. [AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. gröf, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.] An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction.
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He bad lain in the grave four days. John xi. 17.
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Grave wax, adipocere.
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