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Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [Obs.] "The cave of the ear." Bacon. Cave bear (Zoöl.), a very large fossil bear (Ursus spelæus) 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 (Zoöl.), a fossil…

Celebration; solemnization. [Obs.] The celebrity of the marriage. Bacon.

A census; -- also, a public rate or tax. [Obs.] Howell. Bacon.

Censorial. [R.] Bacon.

with some gummy or glutinous matter. Linen, besmeared with gums, in manner of cerecloth. Bacon.

A yielding to physical force. [Obs.] Bacon.

The jaw. [Obs.] Spenser. Chaw bacon, a rustic; a bumpkin; a lout. (Law) -- Chaw tooth, a grinder. (Law)

To clash or interfere. [R.] Bacon.

Mellow earth; mold. [Obs.] Bacon.

An unlawful bargain; traffic in which money is exported as discount. [Obs.] Bacon.

ination. I imagine they [the apothegms of Cæsar] were collected with judgment and choice. Bacon.

rangle; to altercate; to bandy words. Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge. Bacon.

Minced meat. [Obs.] Bacon.

lamor, or confused noise; buzzing. [Obs.] The churme of a thousand taunts and reproaches. Bacon.

That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure. "Within the cincture of one wall." Bacon.

the stock; and the stock is but passive, and giveth aliment, but no motion, to the graft. Bacon.

To bear or carry round. [Obs.] Bacon.

To stun with noise. [R.] Bacon.

ghts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the discoursing with another. Bacon.

ill revert to the customs; but he that cleareth by degrees induceth a habit of frugality. Bacon.