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.

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Cave \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.]

The mouldred earth cav'd the banke. --Spenser.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

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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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)