Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CA-VET'TO
CAV-ERN'U-LOUSCAV'E-ZON, or CAV'ES-SON
CA-VET'TO, n. [from It. cavo.]
In architecture, a hollow member, or round concave molding, containing the quadrant of a circle; used as an ornament in cornices. – Encyc.
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