3. Intimation of caution; warning; protest.

We think it right to enter our caveat against a conclusion.

Jeffrey.

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

Ca"ve*a`ting (?), n. (Fencing) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.

Ca"ve*a`tor (?), n. One who enters a caveat.

Cav"en*dish (?), n. Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.

Cut cavendish, the plugs cut into long shreds for smoking.

Cav"ern (?), n. [L. caverna, fr. cavus hollow: cf. F. caverne.] A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave.

Cav"erned (?), a. 1. Containing caverns.

The wolves yelled on the caverned hill.

Byron.

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