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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Caviler \Cav"il*er\ or Caviller \Cav"il*ler\ (-[~e]r), noun One who cavils.
Cavilers at the style of the Scriptures. --Boyle.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
caviler
noun: a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections [syn: {quibbler}, {caviller}, {pettifogger}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
CAVILER, noun A critic of our own work.
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