Marver vs Carver - What's the difference?
marver | carver |
(glassblowing) A flat heat-proof surface, on which a gather of glass is rolled into shape.
Someone who carves.
(dated) A carving knife.
(dated) A butcher.
An armchair as part of a set of dining chairs (originally for the person who is to carve the meat).
*2000 , (JG Ballard), Super-Cannes , Fourth Estate 2011, p. 215:
*:She began a circuit of the dining room, peering at the baronial fireplace with its andirons the size of torture racks, and heavy oak carvers like gnarled thrones.
