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CAVENDISH
Cavendish, Henry Cavendish
(noun) 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)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Cavendish
A surname.
Noun
Cavendish (countable and uncountable, plural Cavendishes)
(countable) A Cavendish banana.
(uncountable) Alternative form of cavendish (“type of tobacco”)
Etymology
Possibly from the name of the original manufacturer.
Noun
cavendish (uncountable)
Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.
Source: Wiktionary
Cav"en*dish, n.
Definition: Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes. Cut cavendish, the plugs cut into long shreds for smoking.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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