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Cabas: Definition and part of speech

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Cabas

  1. n. A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.; hence, a lady’s flat workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; — often written caba.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cabassou: Definition and part of speech

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Cabassou

  1. n. A species of armadillo of the genus Xenurus (X. unicinctus and X. hispidus); the tatouay.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cab: Definition and part of speech

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Cab

  1. n. A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints.
  2. n. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle.
  3. n. The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cabbage: Definition and part of speech

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Cabbage

  1. v. i. To form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage.
  2. n. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.
  3. n. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.
  4. n. The cabbage palmetto. See below.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cabal: Definition and part of speech

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Cabal

  1. n. The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.
  2. n. Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala
  3. n. A secret.
  4. n. A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cabala: Definition and part of speech

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Cabala

  1. n. Secret science in general; mystic art; mystery.
  2. n. A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.