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Cavicornia: Definition and part of speech

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Cavicornia

  1. n. pl. A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on a bony process of the front, as the ox.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cavo-rilievo: Definition and part of speech

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Cavo-rilievo

  1. n. Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cavil: Definition and part of speech

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Cavil

  1. n. A captious or frivolous objection.
  2. v. i. To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.
  3. v. t. To cavil at.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.