An instrument with a small cavity, like a small spoon
. Arbuthnot.
Abnormal spaces or excavations are frequently formed in the lungs, which are designated cavities or vomicŠ.
Quain.
Body cavity, the cťlum. See under Body.
Ca"vo-re*lie"vo (?), n. Cavo- rilievo.
||Ca"vo-ri*lie"vo (?), n. [It.] (Sculp.) Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around.
Ca*vort" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cavorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Cavorting.] To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider. [Local slang, U. S.]
Ca"vy (?), n.; pl. Cavies (&?;). [NL. cavia, fr. Brazilian cabiai: cf. F. cabiai.] (Zo÷l.) A rodent of the genera Cavia and Dolichotis, as the guinea pig (Cavia cobaya). Cavies are natives of South America.
Water cavy (Zo÷l.), The capybara.
Caw (k&add;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cawed (k&add;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Cawing.] [Imitative. √22 Cf. Chough.] To cry like a crow, rook, or raven.
Rising and cawing at the gun's report.
Shak.
Caw, n. The cry made by the crow, rook, or raven.
Cawk (k&add;k), n. [Prov. E. cauk limestone. A doublet of chalk.] (Min.) An opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar. [Also written cauk.]
Cawk"er (?), n. See Calker.
Cawk"y, a. Of or pertaining to cawk; like cawk.
Cax"on (?), n. A kind of wig. [Obs.] Lamb.
Cax"ton (?), n. (Bibliog.) Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer. Hansard.
Cay (?), n. See Key, a ledge.
Cay*enne (?), n. [From Cayenne, a town and island in French Guiana, South America.] Cayenne pepper.
Cayenne pepper. (a) (Bot.) A species of Capsicum (C. frutescens) with small and intensely pungent fruit. (b) A very pungent spice made by drying and grinding the fruits or seeds of several species of the genus Capsicum, esp. C. annuum and C. Frutescens; -- called also red pepper. It is used chiefly as a condiment.
Cay"man (kā"man), n. [From the language of Guiana: cf. Sp. caiman.] (Zo÷l.) The south America alligator. See Alligator. [Sometimes written caiman.]
Ca*yu"gas (?), n. pl.; sing. Cayuga. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting western New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations.