<B>cabbage</B> (2), noun, verb, <B>-baged,</B> <B>-baging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>pieces of cloth stolen by tailors in the process of cutting out clothes. <DD><B> 2. </B>(British Slang.) a translation, usually literal, of a classical or other work in a foreign language, used dishonestly by schoolboys in preparing their lessons or recitations; crib. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>(Informal.) to appropriate surreptitiously; pilfer. <BR> <I>Ex. Someone has cabbaged my pen.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(British Slang.) to crib. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a speech, which ... had been what schoolboys call 'cabbaged' from some of the forms of oration (P. Thompson).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to pilfer. <BR> <I>Ex. Steelyards ... who cabbaged, giving short weight (H. Marryat).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cabbagebug">
<B>cabbage bug,</B> =harlequin bug.</DL>
<A NAME="cabbagebutterfly">
<B>cabbage butterfly,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of white butterfly whose larvae often damage cabbages. </DL>
<A NAME="cabbagehead">
<B>cabbagehead, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a head of cabbage. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) a large, round head. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) a stupid person. <BR> <I>Ex. We hear persons whose talents are rather of the solid than the brilliant order spoken of as "cabbageheads" (Nation).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cabbagelooper">
<B>cabbage looper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the larva of a common noctuid moth. The cabbage looper is pale green with white lateral stripes, and is a serious pest of cabbage and related plants. </DL>
<A NAME="cabbagemaggot">
<B>cabbage maggot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a root maggot which works upwards into the stems of cauliflower, kale, cabbage, and other vegetables, often killing the plant. </DL>
<A NAME="cabbagemoth">
<B>cabbage moth,</B> =diamondback moth.</DL>
<A NAME="cabbagepalm">
<B>cabbage palm</B> or <B>palmetto,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any palm tree whose buds are eaten as a vegetable. </DL>
<A NAME="cabbagerose">
<B>cabbage rose,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a rose with a large, round, compact flower. </DL>
<A NAME="cabbagesandkings">
<B>cabbages and kings,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> miscellaneous subjects, as of conversation or discussion, in allusion to the lines: "'The time has come,' the Walrus said, 'To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and sealingwax--Of cabbages--and kings'" from Lewis Carroll's <I>Through the Looking-Glass.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cabbagetree">
<B>cabbage tree,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various cabbage palms. </DL>
<A NAME="cabbagewhite">
<B>cabbage white,</B> =cabbage butterfly.</DL>
<A NAME="cabbageworm">
<B>cabbageworm, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various larvae which feed on cabbages, such as the larva of the cabbage white. </DL>
<A NAME="cabbagy">
<B>cabbagy, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like a cabbage. <BR> <I>Ex. a cabbagy odor.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cabbala">
<B>cabbala</B> or <B>Cabbala, </B>noun. =cabala.</DL>
<A NAME="cabble">
<B>cabble, </B>verb, <B>-bled,</B> <B>-bling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to break up into pieces (iron which has been smelted with charcoal, balled, and flattened) before fagoting, fusing, and rolling into bars. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to cabble iron. noun <B>cabbler.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cabby">
<B>cabby</B> or <B>cabbie, </B>noun, pl. <B>-bies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a cabdriver. <BR> <I>Ex. The normally tough New York cabbie was so startled he couldn't get the cab started (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cabdriver">
<B>cabdriver, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who drives a cab, especially a taxicab. </DL>
<A NAME="caber">
<B>caber, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a long, heavy pole or beam tossed as a trial of strength in Scottish Highland games. </DL>
<A NAME="cabernet">
<B>Cabernet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a light, dry red wine made from a black grape originally grown in the Gironde district of France and now also in California and Australia. <DD><B> 2. </B>the grape from which this wine is made. </DL>
<A NAME="cabezon">
<B>cabezon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a surf fish of the Pacific Coast of North America. </DL>
<A NAME="cabildo">
<B>cabildo, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Southwestern U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the chapter house of a cathedral church. <DD><B> 2. </B>the chapter itself. <DD><B> 3. </B>the governing council of a town. </DL>
<A NAME="cabin">
<B>cabin, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a small, roughly built house; hut. <BR> <I>Ex. The settlers lived in a cabin in the woods.</I> (SYN) shanty, shack. <DD><B> b. </B>a small house built for some special purpose; cottage. <BR> <I>Ex. a summer cabin, a tourist cabin.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>a private room in a ship. A cabin serves as quarters for an officer or officers, or for a passenger or passengers. <BR> <I>Ex. The 500 passengers occupied 300 cabins.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a room on a small boat containing the bunks. <DD><B> 3. </B>the place for passengers in an aircraft. <BR> <I>Ex. Only the stewardess can go from the cabin to the cockpit.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>the part of a trailer serving as living quarters. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to live in or as if in a cabin. <BR> <I>Ex. Bands of Indians cabined along the borders of the cove (Francis Parkman).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to confine within narrow limits; cramp; hamper. <BR> <I>Ex. The fact that so many lives have become cabined and confined explains in a measure, I think, the tremendous growth of amateur participation in the arts (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to lodge or accommodate in or as if in a cabin. </DL>
<A NAME="cabinboy">
<B>cabin boy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a boy or man whose work is waiting on the officers and passengers on a ship. </DL>
<A NAME="cabinclass">
<B>cabin class,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a class or grade of passenger accommodations on a ship, lower than first class and higher than tourist class. </DL>
<A NAME="cabincruiser">
<B>cabin cruiser,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a motorboat with berths, cooking, and other living facilities; cruiser. <BR> <I>Ex. I have this twenty-three-foot cabin cruiser that sleeps four (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cabinet">
<B>cabinet, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a piece of furniture with shelves or drawers, used to hold articles, such as dishes, linens, jewels, papers, or specimens. <BR> <I>Ex. a medicine cabinet, a filing cabinet for letters. Mother keeps her good dishes in the china cabinet.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a case for a radio, television set, phonograph, or other electronic equipment; console. <DD><B> 2. </B>Also, <B>Cabinet.</B> <DD><B> a. </B>a group of advisers chosen by the head of a nation to help in the government. The Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense are members of the cabinet of the President of the United States. <BR> <I>Ex. This will be the second meeting of the Cabinet since Parliament adjourned for the summer recess (London Times).</I> (SYN) ministry. <DD><B> b. </B>(Archaic.) the private room in which the cabinet members of a state meet for deliberation. <DD><B> c. </B>(Archaic.) a meeting in such a room. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) a small private room; boudoir. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) a little cabin, hut, or cottage. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Obsolete.) a summerhouse or leafy shelter in a garden. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or having to do with a political cabinet. <BR> <I>Ex. a cabinet meeting of government ministers.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>private; secret; confidential. <BR> <I>Ex. cabinet decisions.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>of such beauty, value, or size as to be suited for a private room or for keeping in a case. <BR> <I>Ex. a cabinet edition.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>of or having to do with a cabinetmaker or cabinetmaking. <BR> <I>Ex. cabinet woodwork.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cabineteer">
<B>cabineteer, </B>noun. Also, <B>Cabineteer.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a cabinet member. </DL>
<A NAME="cabinetgovernment">
<B>cabinet government</B> or <B>Cabinet government,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>control of the government of a country, for example in Great Britain, by a group of important ministers of the Cabinet selected by the prime minister who are members of Parliament. <DD><B> 2. </B>government by this or a similar system. </DL>
<A NAME="cabinetmaker">
<B>cabinetmaker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person whose work is making fine furniture and woodwork. </DL>
<A NAME="cabinetmaking">
<B>cabinetmaking, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the cabinetmaker's occupation or skill. </DL>
<A NAME="cabinetminister">
<B>cabinet minister,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a member of the cabinet of certain countries, such as Great Britain and Canada, or of a province, such as Quebec. </DL>
<A NAME="cabinetorgan">
<B>cabinet organ,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small, portable organ, usually a reed organ or harmonium. </DL>
<A NAME="cabinetpudding">
<B>cabinet pudding,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of spongelike pudding of bread or cake and dried fruit, eggs, and milk. </DL>
<A NAME="cabinetry">
<B>cabinetry, </B>noun. =cabinet-work.</DL>
<A NAME="cabinetsystem">
<B>Cabinet system,</B> <B>=cabinet government </B>(def. 1).</DL>
<A NAME="cabinetwood">
<B>cabinet-wood, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> wood suitable for cabinetwork, such as oak, walnut, or mahogany. </DL>
<A NAME="cabinetwork">
<B>cabinetwork, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any beautifully made furniture or woodwork. <DD><B> 2. </B>the making of such furniture or woodwork. </DL>
<A NAME="cabinship">
<B>cabin ship,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a passenger ship providing accommodations for only one class of passengers. </DL>
