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Baradla Caves

(Encyclopedia) Baradla CavesBaradla Cavesbŏˈrŏdlŏ [key], three large caves, NE Hungary and SE Slovakia, c.25 mi (40 km) NW of Miskolc, Hungary. Aggtelek and Josvafö caves are in Hungary; Dobšiná is…

Dunhuang

(Encyclopedia) Dunhuang or TunhwangDunhuangboth: d&oomacr;n-hwäng [key], town, extreme NW Gansu prov., China. Crescent Lake, a noted tourist attraction surrounded by high sand dunes, is there.…

Brewer's: Cave In

Shut up! have done! I'll cave in his head (break it). His fortune has caved in (has failed). The bank has caved in (come to a smash). The affair caved in (fell through). Common American…

cave

(Encyclopedia) cave, a cavity in the earth's surface usually large enough for a person to enter. Caves may be formed by the chemical and mechanical action of a stream upon soluble or soft rock, of…

speleology

(Encyclopedia) speleologyspeleologyspēlēŏlˈəjē [key], systematic exploration of caves, popularly called spelunking. It includes the measuring and mapping of caves and reporting on the flora and fauna…

Brewer's: King's Cave

Opposite to Campbelton; so called because it was here that King Robert Bruce and his retinue lodged when they landed on the mainland from the Isle of Arran. (Statistical Account of…

Brewer's: Cave of Adullam

(The). (See page 17, col. 1, Adullamites .) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cave of MammonCave of Achadh Aldai A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…

Brewer's: Cave-dwellers

(See page 157, col. 1, Bohemian Bretheren.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cave InCavall' A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V…

Brewer's: Cave of Mammon

The abode of the god of wealth in Spenser's Faërie Queene, ii. 7. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CaveatCave of Adullam A B C D E F G H I J K L M…

Brewer's: Corycian Cave

(The), on Mount Parnassus; so called from the nymph Corycia. The Muses are sometimes called Corycides (4 syl.). The immortal Muse To your calm habitations, to the cave Corycian ... will…