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Webster's Dictionary
Cave
(1):
(v. i.) 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.
(2):
(v. i.) To dwell in a cave.
(3):
(n.) To make hollow; to scoop out.
(4):
(n.) A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.
(5):
(n.) 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.
(6):
(n.) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cave'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cave.html. 1828.