<hw>Ca*bob"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hindi <ets>kab\'beb</ets>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer; -- so called in Turkey and Persia.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs.</def>
<i>Wright.</i>
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<hw>Ca*bob"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To roast, as a cabob.</def>
<i>Sir. T. Herbert.</i>
<h1>Caboched</h1> <Xpage=200>
<hw>Ca*boched"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>caboche</ets> head. Cf. lst <er>Cabbage</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def> Showing the full face, but nothing of the neck; -- said of the head of a beast in armorial bearing.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>caboshed</asp>.]</altsp>
<h1>Caboodle</h1> <Xpage=200>
<hw>Ca*boo"dle</hw> <tt>(?)</fld></tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The whole collection; the entire quantity or number; -- usually in the phrase <i>the whole caboodle</i>.</def> <mark>[Slang, U.S.]</mark>
<i>Bartlett.</i>
<h1>Caboose</h1> <Xpage=200>
<hw>Ca*boose"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>kabuis</ets>, <ets>kombuis</ets>, Dan. <ets>kabys</ets>, Sw. <ets>kabysa</ets>, G. <ets>kabuse</ets> a little room or hut. The First part of the word seems to be allied to W. <ets>cab</ets> cabin, booth. Cf. <er>Cabin</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>camboose</asp>.]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the <altname>galley</altname>.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Railroad)</fld> <def>A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>
<h1>Cabotage</h1> <Xpage=200>
<hw>Cab"o*tage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cabotage</ets>, fr. <ets>caboter</ets> to sail along the coast; cf. Sp. <ets>cabo</ets> cape.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage.</def>
<h1>Cabr\'82e</h1> <Xpage=200>
<hw>Ca*br\'82e"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[French Canadian.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The pronghorn antelope.</def> <altsp>[Also written <asp>cabrit</asp>, <asp>cabret</asp>.]</altsp>
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<hw>Ca*brer"ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>An apple-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of nickel, cobalt, and magnesia; -- so named from the Sierra <ets>Cabrera</ets>, Spain.</def>
<h1>Cabrilla</h1> <Xpage=200>
<hw>Ca*bril"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp., prawn.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l)</fld> <def>A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus <spn>Serranus</spn>, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also called <stype>rock bass</stype> and <stype>kelp salmon</stype>.</def>
<h1>Cabriole</h1> <Xpage=200>
<hw>Cab"ri*ole</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Cabriolet</er>, and cf. <er>Capriole</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Man.)</fld> <def>A curvet; a leap. See <er>Capriole</er>.</def>
<blockquote>The <b>cabrioles</b> which his charger exhibited. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Cabriolet</h1> <Xpage=200>
<hw>Cab`ri*o*let"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[F., dim. of <ets>cabriole</ets> a leap, caper, from It. <ets>capriola</ets>, fr. dim. of L. <ets>caper</ets> he-goat, <ets>capra</ets> she-goat. This carriage is so called from its skipping lightness. Cf. <er>Cab</er>, <er>Caper</er> a leap.]</ety> <def>A one-horse carriage with two seats and a calash top.</def>
<h1>Cabrit</h1> <Xpage=200>
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