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Definition of Cave
Cave Cave Cave, n. (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.
Cave Cave Cave, v. i.
1. To dwell in a cave. [Obs.] --Shak.
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.
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 (k[=a]v), 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.
2. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [Obs.] ``The cave of
the ear.' --Bacon.
Cave bear (Zo["o]l.), a very large fossil bear (Ursus
spel[ae]us) 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 (Zo["o]l.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in
British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of
the living African spotted hyena.
Cave lion (Zo["o]l.), a fossil lion found in the caves of
Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African
lion.
Bone cave. See under Bone.
