Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Graving

Graving , noun

[From Grave to clean.]

The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.
Collocations (1)
Graving dock (Nautical) , See under Dock.

Graving , noun

[From Grave to dig.]

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