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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary); "the carved fretwork"; "an intricately carved door"; "stood as if carven from stone" [syn: carved, carven] [ant: uncarved]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century wrought or ornamented by carving

Oxford Reference Dictionary

archaic past part. of CARVE.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Carven Car"ven, a. Wrought by carving; ornamented by carvings; carved. [Poetic] A carven bowl well wrought of beechen tree. --Bp. Hall. The carven cedarn doors. --Tennyson. A screen of carven ivory. --Mrs. Browning.