Part 1520

<hw>Ca*bal"ler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who cabals.</def>

<blockquote>A close <b>caballer</b> and tongue-valiant lord. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Caballine</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Cab"al*line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L.<ets>caballinus</ets>, fr. <ets>caballus</ets> a nag. Cf. <er>Cavalier</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a horse.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>Caballine aloes.</def></def2>

<cs><col>Caballine aloes</col>, <cd>an inferior and impure kind of aloes formerly used in veterinary practice; -- called also <altname>horse aloes</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Caballine spring</col>, <cd>the fountain of Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon; -- fabled to have been formed by a stroke from the foot of the winged horse Pegasus.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cabaret</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Cab"a*ret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed.</def> <mark>[Obs. as an English word.]</mark>

<h1>Cabas</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Ca*bas"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.; Hence, a lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; -- often written <asp>caba</asp>.</def>

<i>C. Bront\'82.</i>

<h1>Cabasson</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Ca*bas"son</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A speciec of armadillo of the genus <spn>Xenurus</spn> (<spn>X. unicinctus</spn> and <spn>X. hispidus</spn>); the tatouay.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Kabassou</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Cabbage</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Cab"bage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>cabage</ets>, fr. F. <ets>cabus</ets> headed (of cabbages), chou <ets>cobus</ets> headed cabbage, cabbage head; cf. It. <ets>capuccio</ets> a little head, <ets>cappuccio</ets> cowl, hood, cabbage, fr. <ets>capo</ets> head, L. <ets>caput</ets>, or fr. It. <ets>cappa</ets> cape. See <er>Chiff</er>, <er>Cape</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild <spn>Brassica oleracea</spn> of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See <cref>Cabbage tree</cref>, below.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The cabbage palmetto. See below.</def>

<cs><col>Cabbage aphis</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a green plant-louse (<spn>Aphis brassic\'91</spn>) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage.</cd> -- <col>Cabbage Beetle</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a small, striped flea-beetle (<spn>Phyllotreta vittata</spn>) which lives, in the larval state, on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage and other cruciferous plants.</cd> -- <col>Cabbage butterfly</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a white butterfly (<spn>Pieris rap\'91</spn> of both Europe and America, and the Allied <spn>P. oleracea</spn>, a native American species) which, in the larval state, devours the leaves of the cabbage and the turnip. See <cref>Cabbage worm</cref>, below.</cd> -- <col>Cabbage Fly</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a small two-winged fly (<spn>Anthomyia brassic\'91</spn>), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state, on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to the crop.</cd> -- <col>Cabbage head</col>, <cd>the compact head formed by the leaves of a cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull.</cd> -- <col>Cabbage palmetto</col>, <cd>a species of palm tree (<spn>Sabal Palmetto</spn>) found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida.</cd> -- <col>Cabbage rose</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a species of rose (<spn>Rosa centifolia</spn>) having large and heavy blossoms.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Cabbage tree</col>, <col>Cabbage palm</col></mcol>, <cd>a name given to palms having a terminal bud called a <i>cabbage<i>, as the <spn>Sabal Palmetto</spn> of the United States, and the <spn>Euterpe oleracea</spn> and <spn>Oreodoxa oleracea</spn> of the West Indies.</cd> -- <col>Cabbage worm</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the larva of several species of moths and butterfies, which attacks cabbages. The most common is usully the larva of a white butterfly. See <cref>Cabbage Butterfly</cref>, above. The cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks or young plants during the night, are the larv\'91 of several species of moths, of the genus <spn>Agrotis</spn>. See <er>Cutworm</er>.</cd> -- <col>Sea cabbage</col>.<fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Sea kale</cd> <sd>(b)</sd>. <cd>The original Plant (<spn>Brassica oleracea</spn>), from which the cabbage, cauliflower, , broccoli, etc., have been derived by cultivation.</cd> -- <col>Thousand-headed cabbage</col>. <cd>See <er>Brussels sprouts</er>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Cab"bage</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To form a head like that the cabbage; <as>as, to make lettuce <ex>cabbage</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

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<hw>Cab"bage</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p</tt> <er>Cabbaged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cabbaging</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F.<ets>cabasser</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>cabas</ets> theft; cf. F. <ets>cabas</ets> basket, and OF. <ets>cabuser</ets> to cheat.]</ety> <def>To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.</def>

<blockquote>Your tailor . . . cabbages whole yards of cloth. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cabbage</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Cab"bage</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.</def>

<h1>Cabbler</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Cab"bler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who works at cabbling.</def>

<h1>Cabbling</h1> <Xpage=199>