Here the head footman or the butler divides the fish and carves the piece de resistance, the fillet of beef, the haunch of venison, the turkey, or the saddle of mutton.
"Manners and Social Usages"
Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
He carves many runes in the frozen tide, Fair Ingeborg o'er her own name doth glide.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Faith is enlightened Hope; she is light, is the eye of affection, Dreams of the longing interprets, and carves their visions in marble.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow