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A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. "A cab came clattering up." Thackeray.

Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala [Obs.] Hakewill.

and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means.

The secret science of the cabalists.

One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions. "Studious cabalists." Swift.

Of or pertaining to the cabala; containing or conveying an occult meaning; mystic. The Heptarchus is a cabalistic of the first chapter of Genesis. Hallam.

In a cabalistic manner.

To use cabalistic language. [R] Dr. H. More.

One who cabals. A close caballer and tongue-valiant lord. Dryden.

An ancient Spanish land tenure similar to the English knight's fee; hence, in Spain and countries settled by the Spanish, a land measure of varying size. In Cuba it is about 33 acres; in Porto Rico, about 194 acres; in the Southwestern United States, about 108 acres.

A knight or cavalier; hence, a gentleman.

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

A horse. [Sp. Amer.]

A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed. [Obs. as an English word.]

for figs, etc.; Hence, a lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; -- often written caba. C. Bronté.

A speciec of armadillo of the genus Xenurus (X. unicinctus and X. hispidus); the tatouay. [Written also Kabassou.]

egetable 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.

One who works at cabbling.

The process of breaking up the flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, in order that the pieces may be reheated and wrought into bar iron.

The finest kind of silk received from India.