carven

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In his curiously carven and vivid luggage were layers of sumptuous fabrics, great coils and shining lumps of jewelry.

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Yellow-garmented Buddhist priests chanted prayers, thumbed beads, whirred carven prayer wheels.

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Conducted by the long scarlet-robed figure of Cardinal Merry del Val, Archpriest of the Basilica, they admired painted ceilings and gigantic carven cherubs, knelt above the Tomb of the Apostles.

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No carven motto is more obvious than that above the Supreme Court bench: "Eyes and ears are poor witnesses when the soul is barbarous."

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The king sat by the central fireplace, hunched up on a carven stool by the table.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin