carven

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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."

From Time Magazine Archive

But Justice, a carven figure in a twisted courtroom, is relentless.

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In their ruddy jackets of leather, the twelve members appeared before their stately lord where he sat in a carven chair in his long red room.

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Most noticeable evidence: a change in manikins from a shiny waxwork sisterhood with open-eyed little smiles to papier-m�ch�, wire mesh or carven effigies of the dangling, mask-faced glamor girl.

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Removed a little upon the other side sat Gandalf in a chair of carven wood; and he seemed at first to be asleep.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien