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

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    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.
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      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.
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    Cave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Caving.] [Cf. F. caver. See Cave, n.] To make hollow; to scoop out. [Obs.]
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    The mouldred earth cav'd the banke.
    Spenser.

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    Cave, v. i.
    1. To dwell in a cave. [Obs.]
      Shak.

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    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.
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      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.

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