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; offhand; frank. The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the other, from a complete contrast. Hazlitt.

Somewhat like a cavalier.

The practice or principles of cavaliers. Sir. W. Scott.

In a supercilious, disdainful, or haughty manner; arroganty. Junius.

A disdanful manner.

A carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast (Caranx hippos): -- called also horse crevallé.

That part of military force which serves on horseback.

One of a body of cavalry.

Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used.

Club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker toward the top.

Capable of cleaving or being divided.

ecessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure. Basal cleavage, cleavage parallel to the base of a crystal, or to the plane of the lateral axes. -- Cell cleavage (Biol.), multiplication of cells by fission. See Segmentation. -- Cubuc cleavage, cleavage parallel to the faces of a cube.…

The act of making concave.

A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged.

ne muslin, or other cloth, worn by men about the neck. While his wig was combed and his cravat tied. Macualay.

Wearing a cravat. The young men faultlessly appointed, handsomely cravatted. Thackeray.

The act of making heavy. [Obs.] Bailey.

Detraction; depreciation. [Obs.] To stubborn critics, apt, without a theme, For depravation. Shak.

To retard; to repel; to do damage to. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ut; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.