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caver|ˈkeɪvə(r)|
[App. f. cave.]
1. Mining. One who goes ‘about the mines to beg or steal ore from the miners' coes, or to steal their stowes’ (Tapping Gloss. Manlove's Chron.). ?Obs.
1653E. Manlove Lead Mines 117 To keep in awe Such as be cavers, or do rob men's Coes. 1678–96Phillips, Cavers (a word used by Miners), thieves that steal Oar out of the Mines. 1721–1800in Bailey. 1747Hooson Miner's Dict., S j, Sauntle [is] the first pee or bit of Ore that the Cavers find in a Morning by Purchassing.
2. An explorer of caves.
1932Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Mar. 191/3 The reader is expected to be something of a caver. 1958Spectator 1 Aug. 172/3 A number of local archæologists and speleologists..declared the discoveries to be false, and the paintings and engravings to be forgeries done by the Maquisards and by cavers in the post-war years. |