a. [ Pref. bi- + concave. ] Concave on both sides; as, biconcave vertebræ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos. [ Written also Calcavellos or Carcavelhos. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. A sweet wine. See Calcavella. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cavalcade, fr. It. cavalcata, fr. cavalcare to go on horseback, fr. LL. caballicare, fr. L. caballus an inferior horse, Gr. &unr_;. Cf. Cavalier, Cavalry. ] A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade. [ 1913 Webster ]

He brought back war-worn cavalcade to the city. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cavalier, It. cavaliere, LL. caballarius, fr. L. caballus. See Cavalcade, and cf. Chevalier, Caballine. ] 1. A military man serving on horseback; a knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Fort.) A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. offhand; unceremonious; gay; easy; frank. Opposed to serious. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the other, form a complete contrast. Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. High-spirited. [ Obs. ] “The people are naturally not valiant, and not much cavalier.” Suckling. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I. “An old Cavalier family.” Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat like a cavalier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The practice or principles of cavaliers. Sir. W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a supercilious, disdainful, or haughty manner; arrogantly. Junius. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A disdainful manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Sp. caballero. See Cavalier. ] A cavalier; a gallant; a libertine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Pg. cavalla a kind of fish; Sp. caballa; prob. fr. Pg. cavallo horse, Sp. caballa. ] (Zool.) A carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast (Caranx hippos): -- called also horse crevallé. [ See Illust. under Carangoid. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cavalerie, fr. It. cavalleria. See Cavalier, and cf. chivalry. ] (Mil.) That part of military force which serves on horseback. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Heavy cavalry and light cavalry are so distinguished by the character of their armament, and by the size of the men and horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cavalrymen One of a body of cavalry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back.
Syn. -- saber, sabre. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ It. ] (Mus.) Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [ Obs. ] “The cave of the ear.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eng. Politics) 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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Cave bear (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of the living African spotted hyena. --
Cave lion (Zool.), a fossil lion found in the caves of Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African lion. --
Bone cave. See under Bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Caved p. pr. & vb. n. Caving. ] [ Cf. F. caver. See Cave, n. ] To make hollow; to scoop out. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The mouldred earth cav'd the banke. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To dwell in a cave. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ See To cave in, below. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. caved let him beware, pres. subj. of cavere to be on one's guard to, beware. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Law) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (U. S. Patent Laws) A description of some invention, designed to be patented, lodged in the patent office before the patent right is applied for, and operating as a bar to the issue of letters patent to any other person, respecting the same invention. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A caveat is operative for one year only, but may be renewed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Intimation of caution; warning; protest. [ 1913 Webster ]

We think it right to enter our caveat against a conclusion. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caveat emptor [ L. ] (Law), let the purchaser beware, i. e., let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Fencing) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who enters a caveat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cut cavendish, the plugs cut into long shreds for smoking. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. caverna, fr. cavus hollow: cf. F. caverne. ] A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Containing caverns. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wolves yelled on the caverned hill. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Living in a cavern. “Caverned hermit.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cavernosus: cf. F. caverneux. ] 1. Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Filled with small cavities or cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having a sound caused by a cavity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cavernous body, a body of erectile tissue with large interspaces which may be distended with blood, as in the penis or clitoris. --
Cavernous respiration, a peculiar respiratory sound andible on auscultation, when the bronchial tubes communicate with morbid cavities in the lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cavernula, dim. of caverna cavern. ] Full of little cavities; as, cavernulous metal. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. cavetto, fr. cavo hollow, L. cavus. ] (Arch.) A concave molding; -- used chiefly in classical architecture. See Illust. of Column. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. caveçon, augm. fr. LL. capitium a head covering hood, fr. L. caput head. Cf. Caberzon. ] (Man.) A kind of noseband used in breaking and training horses. [ Written also caveson, causson. ] White. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. caviar, fr. It. caviale, fr. Turk. Havīār. ] The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Caviare was considered a delicacy, by some, in Shakespeare's time, but was not relished by most. Hence Hamlet says of a certain play. “'T was caviare to the general, ” i. e., above the taste of the common people. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cavus hollow + cornu horn. ] (Zool.) Having hollow horns. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on a bony process of the front, as the ox. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Caviled or Cavilled p. pr. & vb. n. Caviling or Cavilling. ] [ L. cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla bantering jests, sophistry: cf. OF. caviller. ] To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason. [ 1913 Webster ]

You do not well in obstinacy
To cavil in the course of this contract. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cavil at. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A captious or frivolous objection. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the cavils of prejudice and unbelief. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious. [ 1913 Webster ]

His depreciatory and caviling criticism. Lewis. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a caviling manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cavillation, L. cavillatio. ] Frivolous or sophistical objection. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } n. One who cavils. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cavilers at the style of the Scriptures. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } a. [ L. cavillosus. ] Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing. [ R. ]

-- Cav"il*ous*ly, adv. [R.] -- Cav"il*ous*ness, n. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Cave. ] (Mil.) A hollow way, adapted to cover troops, and facilitate their aproach to a place. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Containing a body cavity; as, the cavitary or nematoid worms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cavities [ L. cavus hollow: cf. F. cavité. ] 1. Hollowness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The cavity or hollowness of the place. Goodwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity. [ 1913 Webster ]

An instrument with a small cavity, like a small spoon. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abnormal spaces or excavations are frequently formed in the lungs, which are designated cavities or vomicæ. Quain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Body cavity, the cœlum. See under Body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Cavo-rilievo. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] (Sculp.) Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Cavorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Cavorting. ] To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider. [ Local slang, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cavies [ NL. cavia, fr. Brazilian cabiai: cf. F. cabiai. ] (Zool.) A rodent of the genera Cavia and Dolichotis, as the guinea pig (Cavia cobaya). Cavies are natives of South America. [ 1913 Webster ]

Water cavy (Zool.), The capybara. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of making concave. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. concaved p. pr. & vb. n. Concaving. ] To make hollow or concave. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. concavus; con- + cavus hollow: cf. F. concave. See Cave a hollow. ] 1. Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hollow; void of contents. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As concave . . . as a worm-eaten nut. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]