Part 1725

<h1>Cavalryman</h1> <Xpage=229>

<hw>Cav"al*ry*man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <er>Cavalrymen</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <def>One of a body of cavalry.</def>

<h1>Cavatina</h1> <Xpage=229>

<hw>Ca`va*ti"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Originally, a melody of simpler form than the <i>aria</i>; a song without a second part and a <i>da capo</i>; -- a term now variously and vaguely used.</def>

<h1>Cave</h1> <Xpage=229>

<hw>Cave</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cave</ets>, L. <ets>cavus</ets> hollow, whence <ets>cavea</ets> cavity. Cf. <er>Cage</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The <i>cave</i> of the ear."

<i>Bacon.</i>

<cs><col>Cave bear</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a very large fossil bear (<spn>Ursus spel\'91us</spn>) similar to the grizzly bear, but large; common in European caves.</cd> -- <col>Cave dweller</col>, <cd>a savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling place was a cave. <i>Tylor</i>.</cd> -- <col>Cave hyena</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a fossil hyena found abundanty in British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of the living African spotted hyena.</cd> -- <col>Cave lion</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a fossil lion found in the caves of Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African lion.</cd> -- <col>Bone cave</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bone</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cave</h1> <Xpage=229>

<hw>Cave</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Caved</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Caving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>caver</ets>. See <er>Cave</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To make hollow; to scoop out.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The mouldred earth <b>cav'd</b> the banke. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cave</h1> <Xpage=229>

<hw>Cave</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To dwell in a cave.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[See <ets>To cave in</ets>, below.]</ety> <def>To fall in or down; <as>as, the sand bank <ex>caved</ex></as>. Hence <mark>(Slang)</mark>, to retreat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter.</def>

<cs><col>To cave in</col>. <ety>[Flem. <i>inkalven<i>.]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To fall in and leave a hollow, as earth on the side of a well or pit.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To submit; to yield. <mark>[Slang]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>H. Kingsley.</i>

<h1>Caveat</h1> <Xpage=229>

<hw>Ca"ve*at</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caved</ets> let him beware, pres. subj. of <ets>cavere</ets> to be on one's guard to, beware.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; <as>as, a <ex>caveat</ex> entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc.</as></def>

<i>Bouvier.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(U. S. Patent Laws)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<note>&hand; A <i>caveat</i> is operative for one year only, but may be renewed.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Intimation of caution; warning; protest.</def>

<blockquote>We think it right to enter our <b>caveat</b> against a conclusion. <i>Jeffrey.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Caveat emptor</col> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>let the purchaser beware, <it>i. e.</it>, let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment.</cd></cs>

<h1>Caveating</h1> <Xpage=229>