Graving /(?)/

Grav·ing

Graving

n.
  1. The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.

Phrases & Compounds
Graving dock
See under Dock.

Graving

n.
  1. The act or art of carving figures in hard substances, especially by incision or in intaglio.
  2. That which is graved or carved. [R.]
    Skillful to . . . grave any manner of graving.
    — 2 Chron. ii. 14.
  3. Impression, as upon the mind or heart.
    New gravings upon their souls.