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<blockquote>Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.</def>

<note>&hand; In England, the <i>cabinet</i> or <i>cabinet council</i> consists of those privy coucilors who actually transact the immediate business of the government. <i>Mozley & W.</i> -- In the United States, the <i>cabinet</i> is composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government, namely, the Secretary of State, of the Treasury, of War, of the Navy, of the Interior, and of Agiculture, the Postmaster-general ,and the Attorney-general.</note>

<p><b>5.</b> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence:</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an \'82tag\'8are or closed with doors. See <er>Etagere</er>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.</def>

<cs><col>Cabinet council</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Same as <er>Cabinet</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 4 (of which body it was formerly the full title).</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A meeting of the cabinet.</cd> -- <col>Cabinet councilor</col>, <cd>a member of a cabinet council.</cd> -- <col>Cabinet photograph</col>, <cd>a photograph of a size smaller than an imperial, though larger than a <i>carte de visite<i>.</cd> -- <col>Cabinet picture</col>, <cd>a small and generally highly finished picture, suitable for a small room and for close inspection.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cabinet</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Cab"i*net</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Suitable for a cabinet; small.</def>

<blockquote>He [Varnhagen von Ense] is a walking <b>cabinet</b> edition of Goethe. <i>For. Quar. Rev.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cabinet</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Cab"i*net</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <tt>Cabineted</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cabineting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To inclose</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Hewyt.</i>

<h1>Cabinetmaker</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Cab"i*net*mak`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One whose occupation is to make cabinets or other choice articles of household furniture, as tables, bedsteads, bureaus, etc.</def>

<h1>Cabinetmaking</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Cab"i*net*mak`ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art or occupation of making the finer articles of household furniture.</def>

<h1>Cabinetwork</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Cab"i*net*work`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art or occupation of working upon wooden furniture requiring nice workmanship; also, such furniture.</def>

<h1>Cabirean</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Cab`i*re"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>,<tt>n.</tt>One of the Cabiri.</def>

<h1>Cabbiri</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Cab*bi"ri</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[ NL., fr. Gr. <ets><grk>Ka`beiroi</grk></ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>Certain deities originally worshiped with mystical rites by the Pelasgians in Lemnos and Samothrace and afterwards throughout Greece; -- also called sons of Heph\'91stus (or Vulcan), as being masters of the art of working metals.</def> <altsp>[Written also Cabeiri.]</altsp>

<i>Liddell & Scott</i>.

<h1>Cabirian</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Ca*bir"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Cabiric</er>.</def>

<h1>Cabiric</h1> <Xpage=199>

<hw>Ca*bir"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>Cabirique</ets>]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the Cabiri, or to their mystical worship.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Cabiritic</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Cable</h1> <Xpage=199>

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