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Cave

Cave (cave)
n.(k1913 webster dictionaryv)
Cave
[F. cave, L. cavus hollow, whence cavea cavity. Cf. Cage.]
  1. A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.
  2. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.
    [Obs.] "The cave of the ear." Bacon.

    Cave bear (Zoöl.), a very large fossil bear (Ursus spelæus) similar to the grizzly bear, but large; common in European caves. -- Cave dweller, a savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling place was a cave. Tylor. -- Cave hyena (Zoöl.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of the living African spotted hyena. -- Cave lion (Zoöl.), a fossil lion found in the caves of Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African lion. -- Bone cave. See under Bone.

Cave

Cave (cave)
v. t.
Cave
  1. To make hollow] to scoop out.
    [Obs.]

    The mouldred earth cav'd the banke.
    Spenser.

Cave

Cave (cave)
v. i.
Cave
  1. To dwell in a cave.
    [Obs.] Shak.
  2. To fall in or down; as, the sand bank caved. Hence (Slang), to retreat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter.

    To cave in. [Flem. inkalven.] (a) To fall in and leave a hollow, as earth on the side of a well or pit. (b) To submit; to yield. [Slang] H. Kingsley.

Cave

Cave (cave)
n.
Cave
  1. A coalition or group of seceders from a political party, as from the Liberal party in England in 1866. See Adullam, Cave of, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.












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