carve (2 first in S.; 3 only S.; cf. MINCE)
1.
to
form, fashion
Ado II. iii. 18
“c-ing the fashion of a
new doublet,”
Shr. IV. iii. 89
“c-'d like an
apple-tart.”
2.
“Carve for himself,”
indulge himself Ham. I. iii.
20; so “carve for his
own rage”
Oth. II. iii. 175.
3.
to show great
courtesy and affability (Schmidt)
Wiv. I. iii. 47
“she discourses, she
carves,”
LLL. V. ii. 324
“He can carve too, and
lisp.”
