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caving the sport of climbing in and exploring caves caving [′kāv·iŋ] (mining engineering) A mining procedure, used when the surface is expendable, in which the ore body is undercut and allowed to fall, breaking into small pieces that are recovered by passages (drifts) driven for that purpose; sublevel caving, block caving, and top slicing are examples. (petroleum engineering) Collapsing of the walls of a wellbore. Also known as sloughing. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| While paddling around Scorpion Bay can be suitable for beginners, learning to spelunk caves in a kayak should be done with an experienced guide. Wise to the undertow of our lives, he has both the emotional courage and the writer's chops to spelunk down deep into our hearts. Compare Genet's masculinism to Joseph Cornell's--Cornell with his love of pastries, of long, desultory trips into New York to spelunk and cruise, of small, precisely composed boxes. |
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