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Webster 1913 Edition
Cab
Cab
(kăb)
, Noun.
[Abbrev. fr.
cabriolet
.] 1.
A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle.
“A cab came clattering up.” Thackeray.
☞ 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.
Cab
(kăb)
, Noun.
[Heb.
qab
, fr. qābab
to hollow.] A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints.
W. H. Ward.
2 Kings vi. 25.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cab
CAB
,Noun.