† cavationn.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
(See quot. 1721.)
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1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Cavation, a hollowing the Ground for Cellarage. [1731–1800Cavation, a making hollow.]
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n.1721- be touched in his wind
- be touched in the wind
- be trapped in a time warp
- be travelling a person's way
- be tried for one's life
- be trimmed by the head
- be trimmed by the stern
- be trimmed so much by the head
- be trimmed so much by the stern
- be tripping
- be true to oneself
- be turned in on oneself
- be twitched with
- be unable etc to wait
- be unable to fight one's way out of a paper bag
- be unable to pour etc out of a boot
- be unable to pour piss out of a boot
- be unable to pour water out of a boot
- be unable to punch one's way out of a paper bag
- be unable to run a whelk stall
- be unable to wait
- be under a misapprehension
- be under embargo
- be under the flypaper
- be under the mark