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Webster's 1913 Dictionary\Cav"en*dish\, n.
Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or
cakes.
{Cut cavendish}, the plugs cut into long shreds for smoking.
| Pronunciation: | 'kavundish | ||
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| Definition: | [n] British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810) | ||
| Synonyms: | Henry Cavendish | ||
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| Definition: | \Cav"en*dish\, n.
Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or
cakes.
{Cut cavendish}, the plugs cut into long shreds for smoking.
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