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Search phrase: carved

Plays

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As You Like ItAYL III.ii.168name should be hanged and carved upon these trees?name should be hang'd and carued vpon these trees?
The Comedy of ErrorsCE II.ii.127Unless I spake, or looked, or touched, or carved to thee.Vnlesse I spake, or look'd, or touch'd, or caru'd to thee. 
Henry IV Part 22H4 III.ii.301carved upon it with a knife. 'A was so forlorn that hiscaru'd vpon it with a Knife. Hee was so forlorne, that his
King Edward IIIE3 III.iv.97That, in despite, I carved my passage forth,That in despight I craud my passage forth,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.613The carved bone face on a flask.The caru'd-bone face on a Flaske.
MacbethMac I.ii.19Like valour's minion carved out his passage(Like Valours Minion) caru'd out his passage,
Richard IIR2 III.iii.152My subjects for a pair of carved saints,My Subiects, for a payre of carued Saints,
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.iii.89What, up and down carved like an apple-tart?What, vp and downe caru'd like an apple Tart?
Titus AndronicusTit V.i.139Have with my knife carved in Roman letters,Haue with my knife carued in Romaine Letters,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1445 Many she sees where cares have carved some, Manie shee sees, where cares haue carued some,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1713 Of hard misfortune, carved in it with tears. Of hard misfortune, caru'd it in with tears.
SonnetsSonn.11.13 She carved thee for her seal, and meant thereby She caru'd thee for her seale, and ment therby,

Glossary

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agatedwarf, midget [as of a tiny figure carved in an agate-seal]
cittern-head[term of abuse] cittern [type of guitar] with a grotesquely carved head
fretadorn elaborately, decorate ornately [as a carved ceiling]
gravedgraven, carved, engraved
monumenteffigy, carved figure, statue
trenchedcut, carved, engraved

Thesaurus

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carvedtrenched
carvedgraved
carved figuremonument
figure, carvedmonument
grotesquely carved head on a citterncittern-head

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