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• cavendish
  cavendish

  noun

  tobacco that has been softened, sweetened, and pressed into cakes.
• Cavendish
  Cavendish

  noun

  Henry, 1731–1810, English chemist and physicist.

cavendish

¹ American  

[kav-uhn-dish] / ˈkæv ən dɪʃ /

noun

1. tobacco that has been softened, sweetened, and pressed into cakes.

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Cavendish ² American  

[kav-uhn-dish] / ˈkæv ən dɪʃ /

noun

1. Henry, 1731–1810, English chemist and physicist.

2. William, 4th Duke of Devonshire, 1720–64, British statesman: prime minister 1756–57.

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Cavendish ¹ British  

/ ˈkævəndɪʃ /

noun

1. Henry. 1731–1810, British physicist and chemist: recognized hydrogen, determined the composition of water, and calculated the density of the earth by an experiment named after him

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cavendish ² British  

/ ˈkævəndɪʃ /

noun

1. tobacco that has been sweetened and pressed into moulds to form bars

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Cavendish Scientific  

/ kăv′ən-dĭsh /

1. British chemist and physicist who in 1766 discovered hydrogen, which he called “inflammable air.” He also demonstrated that it is the lightest of all the gases and established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen. In 1798, Cavendish estimated with great accuracy the mean density of the Earth.

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Etymology

Origin of cavendish

First recorded in 1830–40; presumably named after maker or handler

Example Sentences

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From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2010

He said he himself had smoked a good deal of cut cavendish when he was alive, so that he was well supplied with the ghost of it now.

From Told After Supper by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

Come, I’ll trate ye to a taste o’ me cavendish, which is better than growlin’ in yer hammock at the muskaities, poor things, as don’t know no better.”

From The Pirate City An Algerine Tale by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

"That was hard on Tom Blufton," said Stevens, emptying the ashes out of his long-stemmed clay pipe, and refilling the bowl with cut cavendish from a jar on a shelf over his head.

From The Stillwater Tragedy by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

The average "boy" of sixteen nowadays usually smokes cavendish and does a little on the Stock Exchange or makes a book; and as for love! he has quite got over it by that age.

From Stage-Land by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)