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English Dictionary: cable by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cable
n
  1. a telegram sent abroad [syn: cable, cablegram, overseas telegram]
  2. a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
    Synonym(s): cable, line, transmission line
  3. a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
  4. a nautical unit of depth
    Synonym(s): cable, cable length, cable's length
  5. television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
    Synonym(s): cable television, cable
  6. a television system that transmits over cables
    Synonym(s): cable, cable television, cable system, cable television service
v
  1. send cables, wires, or telegrams [syn: cable, telegraph, wire]
  2. fasten with a cable; "cable trees"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cable \Ca"ble\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Cabled} (-b'ld); p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Cabling} (-bl[ce]ng).]
      To telegraph by a submarine cable [Recent]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cable \Ca"ble\ (k[amac]"b'l), n. [F. c[83]ble, LL. capulum,
      caplum, a rope, fr. L. capere to take; cf. D., Dan., & G.
      kabel, from the French. See {Capable}.]
      1. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length,
            used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes.
            It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.
  
      2. A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with
            some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of
            a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.
  
      3. (Arch) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member
            of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral
            twist of a rope; -- called also {cable molding}.
  
      {Bower cable}, the cable belonging to the bower anchor.
  
      {Cable road}, a railway on which the cars are moved by a
            continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary
            motor.
  
      {Cable's length}, the length of a ship's cable. Cables in the
            merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or
            more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is
            either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600
            feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile).
           
  
      {Cable tier}.
            (a) That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed.
            (b) A coil of a cable.
  
      {Sheet cable}, the cable belonging to the sheet anchor.
  
      {Stream cable}, a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower
            cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and
            heavy seas.
  
      {Submarine cable}. See {Telegraph}.
  
      {To pay out the cable}, {To veer out the cable}, to slacken
            it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run
            out of the hawse hole.
  
      {To serve the cable}, to bind it round with ropes, canvas,
            etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse,
            et.
  
      {To slip the cable}, to let go the end on board and let it
            all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to
            weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cable \Ca"ble\ (k[amac]"b'l), v. t.
      1. To fasten with a cable.
  
      2. (Arch.) To ornament with cabling. See {Cabling}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cable, OH
      Zip code(s): 43009
   Cable, WI
      Zip code(s): 54821
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