cavassont

cavate (kā'vāt), v. t.; pret. ana pp. cavated, ppr. cavating. [L. cavatus, pp. of cavare, make hollow, F. cavatine.] make hollow; dig out; excavate. [Rare.] In music, a melody of simpler character than the aria, and without a second part and a da capo or return part. The term is occasionally applied, however, to airs of any kind. cavation (kā-vā' (ka-va shon), n. [ Same as cavallard . of the earth for the foundation of a building; the trench or excavation so dug. In the spccific use also spelled cavazion.-2. In fencing, a method of evading a low thrust by drawing the haunch backward, thus withdrawing the abdomen and chest from the reach of the adversary's weapon. Rolando (ed. Forsyth). cavayard (kav-a-yärd'), n. cavazion, n. See cavation, 1. cavel (kāv), n. [ E. cage ), = Pr. Sp. Pg. It. cava, .. And Lot went up out of Zoar,. and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. Gen. xix. 30. He slow [slew] Cacus in a cave of stoon [stone]. Chaucer , Monk's Tale, 1. 117. A hollow cave or lurking-place. Shak ., Tit. And., v. 2. 2. A cellar; a subterranean chamber. [Obsolete or local.] But no we there stondeth neuer a house, but oonly two Towres and certayne caues vnder the grounde. Sir R. Guylforde , Pylgrymage, p. 16. 3t. Any hollow place or part; a cavity. The cave of the ear. Bacon , Nat. Hist. 4. The ash-pit of a gla -furnace.-5. [ сар.] А name given to a party in the British Parliament who seceded from the Liberals on the reform bill introduced by them in 1866. See A dull a mite. Hence-6. Any small faction of seceders or di idents in Parliament. caveach cavel (kāv), v.; pret. and pp. caved, ppr. caving. [ The mouldred earth had card the banke. Spenser, F. Q., IV. v. 33. II. in trans. 1. To dwell in a cave. [Rare.] It may be heard at court that such as we Cave here, hunt here, are outlaws. Shak ., Cymbeline, iv. 2. 2. To fall in and leave a hollow, as earth on the side of a well or pit: absolutely, or with in: as, the earth began to cave.-3. Figuratively, to break down; yield; give up; submit; knock under: absolutely, or with in: as, at this he caved. [Slang.] A puppy, three weeks old, joins the chase with heart and soul, but caves in at about fifty yards, and sits him down to bark. H. Kingsley , Geoffry Hamlyn, xxviii. cave2, kave (kāv), v .; pret. and pp. caved , kaved , ppr. caving , kaving . [Sc. also keave , keve , caven , keven , kava , throw, to , snatch, move the hands as in scattering, stirring, rowing, etc., also kaava , snatch, stir, shake (cf. kafs a in similar sense), appar. a particular use of or confused with kava = Icel. kaf a , dip, dive, swim, plunge, tr. dip, plunge, refl. dip, dive, impers. sink, founder, also der. kefja, Norw. agitation, quick motion of the hands, = Icel. kav, a dive, plunge, the sea, the deep, also stir, kaf, a dive, a plunge, poet. the deep, the sea. Hence cavie2.] I. trans. 1. To to or pitch: as, to cave hay. 2. To to in a threatening or haughty manner: as, to cave the horns (said of horned cattle); to cave the head.-3. To clean (threshed grain) by to ing or raking (it) on a barn-floor or a threshing-floor. [Old and prov. Eng. and Scotch in all uses.] And nygh it make a place high, plain, and pure, When nede is therto cave upon thi corne, This wol availle, and make it longe endure. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 37. II.t in trans. 1. To move; rush. I... blusched [looked] on the burg he as I forth dreued [hastened] Byzonde the brok fro me warde keued. Alliterative Poems (E. E. T. S.), i. 979. 2. To sink; be plunged or buried. Thou wylnez ouer this water to weue, Er moste thou ceuer to other counsayl, Thy corse in clot mot calder [colder] keue . Alliterative Poems (Е. Е. ТT. S.), i. 318.