English Dictionary: cab | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for cab | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cab \Cab\ (k[acr]b), n. [Abbrev. fr. cabriolet.] 1. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. [bd]A cab came clattering up.[b8] --Thackeray. Note: A cab may have two seats at right angles to the driver's seat, and a door behind; or one seat parallel to the driver's, with the entrance from the side or front. {Hansom cab}. See {Hansom}. 2. The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station. --Knight. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cab \Cab\ (k[acr]b), n. [Heb. qab, fr. q[be]bab to hollow.] A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints. --W. H. Ward. --2 Kings vi. 25. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cab hollow (R.V., "kab"), occurs only in 2 Kings 6:25; a dry measure, the sixth part of a seah, and the eighteenth part of an ephah, equal to about two English quarts. |