[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cavil \cav"il\ ka^v"i^l, v. i. imp.  p. p. caviled or
   cavilled; p. pr.  vb. n. caviling or cavilling. l.
   cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla
   bantering jests, sophistry: cf. of. caviller.
   to raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault
   without good reason.
   1913 webster

         you do not well in obstinacy
         to cavil in the course of this contract. --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
caviled cavilled caviling cavilling 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cavilling
     see cavil
see also:
cavil 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cavil
     n : an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant
         distinctions or objections syn: quibble, quiddity
     v : raise trivial objections syn: carp, chicane
     also: cavilling, cavilled
see also:
quibble quiddity carp chicane cavilling cavilled 

Cavilling >> C Words
Cavilling, definition of term: Cavilling
cavilling_pag1.html

cavilling - definition by dict.die.net
...vb. n. Caviling or Cavilling.] [L. cavillari to practice jesting, to ... ..
http://dict.die.net/cavilling/, score=100, date indexed=November 29, 2005, 7:11 am

Allwords.com Definition of cavilling
...Your Query of 'cavilling' Resulted in 1 Matches. From The AND ... cavilled, cavilling. 1. To make trivial objections to something.. ... ..
http://www.allwords.com/word-cavilling.html, score=83, date indexed=November 29, 2005, 9:34 am

Cavilling - Dictionary Definition by freesearch
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http://www.freesearch.co.uk/dictionary/cavilling, score=72, date indexed=November 11, 2005, 9:27 pm

Mollywood and Milly Tree
...... has a talent for cavilling which could have seen him cavilling for ... would no longer qualify for a place in that nation's cavilling squad. ... ..
http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/8-9-2002-24219.asp, score=33, date indexed=January 24, 2006, 7:00 am

Christian Leadership - Criticism
..."Cavilling and criticism leave the soul as devoid of the dew of grace ... 25, 1896 to O. A. Olsen). Ridicule Debases the Soul --"Cavilling, ... ..
http://www.nisbett.com/reference/cl/cl22.htm, score=22, date indexed=November 16, 2005, 8:18 am

WombatFile: Finished
...... we had to look up cavilling! Thanks to both you and the Hasty Snail ... to make such distinctions is cavilling. It's got all the Blakean/ ... ..
http://www.wombatfile.com/archives/000557.html, score=22, date indexed=November 6, 2005, 3:56 am

Henry Longfellow's poem: PART SECOND - Interlude [6]
...Until, with ill-concealed distress. At all their cavilling, at last. ... ..
http://www.readbookonline.net/read/3148/12688/, score=22, date indexed=January 22, 2006, 8:42 am

Vive les Anglo-Saxons - The Washington Times: Editorials/OP-ED
...... partisan sniping and media cavilling in the profound context of our ... ..
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20030717-081240-5913r.htm, score=16, date indexed=November 7, 2005, 10:37 pm

Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Hair-Splitting.
...Cavilling about very minute differences. (See H. AIR-BREADTH.. ).    1 ... ..
http://www.bartelby.com/81/7831.html, score=16, date indexed=November 5, 2005, 4:54 am

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