graving

present participle of grave
as in etching
to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface the doomed climber graved his initials into the rock face

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“Graving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graving. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.

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