'Cavendish' definitions:
Definition of 'Cavendish'
(from WordNet)
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) [syn: Cavendish, Henry Cavendish]
Definition of 'Cavendish'
From: GCIDE
- Cavendish \Cav"en*dish\, n. Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes. [1913 Webster]
- Cut cavendish, the plugs cut into long shreds for smoking. [1913 Webster]