Corved

/kɔːrvd/ adjective

Definition

Shaped or carved, or carrying something in a corve basket; past tense of carve in some dialects.

Etymology

Past participle of 'corve' used as a verb, or related to 'carve.' The term is largely obsolete in modern English.

Kelly Says

This word shows how dialect and region shaped English—in some areas, 'corved' meant carved, while in mining regions it meant something entirely different, creating beautiful confusion in historical texts.

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