Cavendish n 1: 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}]
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]