a. [ L. acervalis, fr. acervus heap. ] Pertaining to a heap. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. acervatus, p. p. of acervare to heap up, fr. acervus heap. ] To heap up. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. acervatio. ] A heaping up; accumulation. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Heaped up; tending to heap up. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of heaps. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling little heaps. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + curve. ] (Aëronautics) A modification of the aëroplane, having curved surfaces, the advantages of which were first demonstrated by Lilienthal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ W. arwyl funeral; ar over + wylo to weep, or cf. arföl; Icel. arfr inheritance + Sw. öl ale. Cf. Bridal. ] A funeral feast. [ North of Eng. ] Grose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of mice in some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus.
Syn. -- genus Arvicola. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. arvum field + colere to inhabit. ] (Zool.) A mouse of the genus Arvicola; the meadow mouse. There are many species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Hinduism) a collection of mantras and formulas. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Bot.) Having the nerves radiating from the base; -- said of leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who swerves from and is unfaithful to the marriage vow. [ Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bis twice + nervus sinew, nerve. ] 1. (Bot.) Two-nerved; -- applied to leaves which have two longitudinal ribs or nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having only two nerves, as the wings of some insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

A slave; one who is bound to service without wages. [ 1913 Webster ]

If thy brother . . . be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant: but as an hired servant. Lev. xxv. 39, 40. [ 1913 Webster ]

The condition of a bond servant; service without wages; slavery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their children . . . upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond service. 1 Kings ix. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Bordar (or perh. bord a board) + service. ] (O. Eng. Law) Service due from a bordar; bordage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH, of a strong taste and disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway (Carum carui). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Carved p. pr. & vb. n. Carving. ] [ AS. ceorfan to cut, carve; akin to D. kerven, G. kerben, Dan. karve, Sw. karfva, and to Gr. gra`fein to write, orig. to scratch, and E. -graphy. Cf. Graphic. ] 1. To cut. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Or they will carven the shepherd's throat. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carved with figures strange and sweet. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, to carve a name on a tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

An angel carved in stone. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone. C. Wolfe. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion. “To carve a capon.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To cut: to hew; to mark as if by cutting. [ 1913 Webster ]

My good blade carved the casques of men. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

A million wrinkles carved his skin. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To take or make, as by cutting; to provide. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who could easily have carved themselves their own food. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lie ten nights awake carving the fashion of a new doublet. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To carve out, to make or get by cutting, or as if by cutting; to cut out. “[ Macbeth ] with his brandished steel . . . carved out his passage.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fortunes were carved out of the property of the crown. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To exercise the trade of a sculptor or carver; to engrave or cut figures. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cut up meat; as, to carve for all the guests. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A carucate. [ Obs. ] Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. formed by carving or having a design carved into the surface. [ Narrower terms: sliced ]
Syn. -- carven. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Contr. fr. caravel. ] 1. Same as Caravel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A species of jellyfish; sea blubber. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Shipbuilding) Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping as in a clinker-built vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wrought by carving; ornamented by carvings; carved. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A carven bowl well wrought of beechen tree. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

The carven cedarn doors. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

A screen of carven ivory. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carvi caraway. ] An oily substance, C10H16, extracted from oil caraway. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who carves; one who shapes or fashions by carving, or as by carving; esp. one who carves decorative forms, architectural adornments, etc. “The carver's chisel.” Dodsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

The carver of his fortunes. Sharp (Richardson's Dict. ) [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who carves or divides meat at table. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A large knife for carving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or art of one who carves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material. “Carving in wood.” Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving of the 15th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A corruption of carry fist. ] (Falconary) A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year. Booth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) One of a species of aromatic oils, resembling carvacrol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord; -- abbreviated CNS.
Syn. -- CNS. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Named from Cervantes a town in Spain. ] (Min.) See under Antimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] (Mus.) An ancient wind instrument, resembling the bassoon in tone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cervix, -icis, neck: cf. F. cervical. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the neck; as, the cervical vertebræ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cervus deer + caedere to kill. ] The act of killing deer; deer-slaying. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any member of the family Cervidae, a type of deer distinguished from the Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.
Syn. -- deer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of deer including the reindeer, moose, elks, muntjacs, and roe deer.
Syn. -- family Cervidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. cervinus, fr. cervus deer: cf. F. cervin. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the deer, or to the family Cervidæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. E. Cervixes L. Cervices [ L. ] (Anat.) The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of Bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a deer. ] (Zool.) A genus of ruminants, including the red deer and other allied species. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Formerly all species of deer were included in the genus Cervus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cerfille, fr. L. caerefolium, chaerephyllum, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; to rejoice + &unr_; leaf. ] (Bot.) A plant (Anthriscus cerefolium) with pinnately divided aromatic leaves, of which several curled varieties are used in soups and salads. [ 1913 Webster ]

. In the United States, a commission appointed by the President, consisting of three members, not more than two of whom may be adherents of the same party, which has the control, through examinations, of appointments and promotions in the classified civil service. It was created by act of Jan, 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. The substitution of business principles and methods for political methods in the conduct of the civil service. esp. the merit system instead of the spoils system in making appointments to office. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. ] A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discerning objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., fr. clair clear + voyant, p. pr. of voir to see. See Clear, and Vision. ] Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is able, when in a mesmeric state, to discern objects not present to the senses. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. coacervatus, p. p. of coacervare to heap up; co- + acervare. See Acervate. ] Raised into a pile; collected into a crowd; heaped. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To heap up; to pile. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. coacervatio. ] A heaping together. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]