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_To_ ~Cave~ _over_, _v. n._ To fall over suddenly, S.

_Melvill's MS._

~Cave~, _s._

1. A stroke, a push, S.

2. A toss.

Isl. _akafr_, c.u.m impetu, vehementer.

_To_ ~Cave~, _v. a._

1. To separate grain from the broken straw, after thres.h.i.+ng, S. B.

2. To separate corn from the chaff, S. A.

Teut. _kav-en_, eventilare paleas; or the v. both as signifying to toss, and to separate, may be viewed as the same with Isl. _kaf-a_ volutare; _kafa i heya_, to toss, ted, or _cave_ hay.

CAVEL, CAUIL, CAFLE, KAVEL, KEVIL, _s._

1. Expl. ”a rod, a pole, a long staff.”

_Chr. Kirk._

Su. G. _kafle_, pertica, bacillus; Germ. _keule_, a club.

2. A lot, S. _keul_, S. A.

Hence, ”to cast _cavels_,” to cast lots. _Cavel_, id. Northumb.

_Wallace._

3. By Rudd. _cavillis_ is not only translated lots, but ”responses of oracles.”

_Douglas._

4. State appointed, allotment in Providence, S. B.

_Ross._

5. A division or share of property, as being originally determined by lot, S. B.

_Law Case._

Su. G. Isl. _kafle_, which primarily means a rod, is transferred to a lot in general. Teut. _kavel_, a lot, _kavel-en_, to cast lots.