CAVIL, kav'il, _v.t._ to make empty, trifling objections: to use false
arguments:--_pr.p._ cav'illing; _pa.p._ cav'illed.--_n._ a frivolous
objection.--_ns._ CAVILL[=A]'TION, CAV'ILLING; CAV'ILLER. [O. Fr.
_caviller_--L. _cavill[=a]ri_, to practise jesting--_cavilla_, jesting.]
CAVITY, kav'it-i, _n._ a hollow place: hollowness: an opening.--_adj._
CAV'ITIED. [L. _cavitas_, _-tatem_--_cavus_, hollow.]
CAVO-RILIEVO, kä'v[=o]-r[=e]-ly[=a]'v[=o], _n._ a kind of relief in which
the highest surface is level with the plane of the original stone, which is
left round the outlines of the design.--Also INTAGLIO-RILIEVO and
COELANAGLYPHIC SCULPTURE. [It. _cavo_, hollow, _rilievo_, relief. See CAVE
and RELIEF.]
CAVORT, kav-ort', _v.i._ (_U.S. slang_) to curvet, bound. [Explained as a
corr. of CURVET.]
CAVY, k[=a]v'i, _n._ a genus of Rodents, best known by the domesticated
species, the common guinea-pig. [_Cabiai_, the native name in French
Guiana.]
CAW, kaw, _v.i._ to cry as a crow.--_n._ the cry of a crow--also KAW.--_n._
CAW'ING. [From the sound.]
CAWK, kawk, _n._ a miner's familiar name for heavy spar. [Prov. Eng.
_cauk_, CHALK.]
CAWKER. Same as CALKER.