cabala 
letters and forms of the sacred texts, and made for them- 
selves elaborate rules of interpretation. 
2. Any secret science; esoteric as distin- 
guished from exoteric doctrine ; occultism ; 
mysticism. 
If I wholly mistake not the cabala of this sect. 
Bentteij, Phileleutherus Lipsieusis, 9. 
Eager he read whatever tells 
Of magic, cabala, and spells. 
Scott, L. of the L., iii. 6. 
Also spelled cabbala, kabbala. 
cabalassOU, . See kabalassou. 
cabaletta (kab-a-let'a), . [It. (> F. cabalette) ; 
cf. cavalletto (=' Sp. "caballeta, a grasshopper), 
a little horse, < cavallo, a horse: see cabal 2 , 
capel i .'] A song in rondo form, with variations, 
often having an accompaniment in triplet 
rhythm, intended to imitate the footfalls of a 
cantering horse. 
cabalism 1 (kab'a-lizm), w. [< cabala + -ism.'] 
The secret science of the cabalists. [Rare.] 
Allegories, parables, cabalismg. 
J. Spencer, Prodigies, p. 287. 
cabalism 2 (ka-bal'izm), n. [< cabal 1 + -ism.'] 
The practice of forming, or the tendency to 
form, cabals and cliques. [Rare.] 
cabalist (kab'a-list), n. [< ML. cabbalista (It. Sp. 
Pg. cabalista = F. cabaliste), < cabbala, cabala.] 
1. One versed in or engaged in the study of the 
cabala or mystic philosophy of the Jews. The 
cardinal doctrines of the cabalists embrace the nature of 
the Supreme Being, the Divine emanations or Sephiroth, 
the cosmogony, the creation of man, psychology, the 
destiny of man and the universe, and the import of the 
revealed law. The cabalists seem to have endeavored to 
identify all such sciences as demonology, astrology, chiro- 
mancy, sympathetic medicine, etc., with their theosophic 
mysticism, weaving the whole into a secret universal wis- 
dom or esoteric philosophy of the universe. They sym- 
pathized with many points of Christianity, so that in the 
fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the cabala was by many 
thought highly important as a proof of Christianity and 
as a means of converting the Jews. 
The CabalMs had a notion, that whoever found out the 
mystic word for anything attained to absolute mastery 
over that thing. Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 158. 
2. In general, an occultist ; a mystic. 
cabalistic (kab-a-lis'tik), a. and n. [< cabalist 
+ -ic.] I. a. 1". Of or pertaining to the cab- 
alists, or to the cabala or mystic philosophy 
which they professed. See cabala and cabalist. 
2. In general, occult; mystic; esoteric; sym- 
bolical ; having an interior or hidden meaning. 
=Syn. My*tii:, etc. See mysterious. 
il. a. One of the mysteries of the cabala. 
L. AdiUson. 
cabalistical (kab-a-lis'ti-kal), a. Same as cab- 
alistic. 
cabalistically (kab-a-lis'ti-kal-i), adi: In the 
manner of the caballsts. 
cabalize (kab'a-liz), v. i. ; pret. and pp. caba- 
U:ed, ppr. cabaliziitg. [< cabala + -ise; = F. ca- 
baliser.] To use the method or language of the 
cabalists. [Rare.] 
caballaria (kab-a-la'ri-a), w. [ML., < L. ca- 
ballus, a horse: see cabal 2 .] A feudal tenure 
of lands, the tenant furnishing a horseman 
suitably equipped in time of war, or when the 
lord had occasion for his service. 
caballer (ka-bal'er), . [< cabal 1 +-eri.] One 
who unites with others to effect an object by in- 
trigue; one who cabals. 
A close en-buffer and tongue-valiant lord. 
Dryde.it, ^fineid, xi. 514. 
caballeria (kii-ba-lya-re'a), n. [Sp., cavalry, 
knight-service, a specific tract of land, etc., 
< caballo, a horse: see cavalier.] In Span. 
Amer. law, a holding of land corresponding 
somewhat to the early English knight's fee. It 
comprised a building-lot of 100 by 200 feet ; 500 fanegas 
of laud for a garden, and -10 for planting trees growing in 
drier or more barren laud ; and pasture for 50 breeding 
sows, 100 cows, 20 or 25 horses, 500 sheep, and 100 goats. 
It was equal to 5 peunias. 
caballero (ka-ba-lya'ro), n. [Sp., formerly ca- 
yallero, a horseman: see cavalier.] 1. A Span- 
ish knight or gentleman . 2 . A grave and state- 
ly Spanish dance. 
caballine (kab'a-lin), a. [< L. caballinus, < c- 
balltts, a horse: see oabafl.] Pertaining to or 
suited for a horse.- Caballine aloes. See aloe,.- 
Caballllie spring, the fountain Hippocrene. Beaumont. 
caban (ka-ban'), n. [Name in Philippine Isl- 
ands.] A grain measure equal to 3.47 cubic feet, 
used in the Philippine Islands. Also cavaii. 
cabanet, . An obsolete form of cabin. 
cabaret (kab'a-ret; F. pron. ka-ba-ra'), n. [= 
D. cabaret, < F'. cabaret, a pot-house, tavern, " an 
ale-house, a tipling and victualling house, tent 
or booth [cf. F. dial. (Norm.) cabaret, eaves], 
also the herb hue wort or foolfoot" (Cotgrave), 
< OF. cabaret, a place inclosed with lattice- 
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work, the entrance of a cellar, also a racket in 
tennis.] 1. A tavern; a house where liquors 
are retailed: as, "some cabarctor tennis-court," 
Abp. Bramhall, Against Hobbes. 2. A set of 
vessels forming a service for tea, coffee, or the 
like ; for example, a tray with tea-pot or pitch- 
ers and cups, generally made of the same ma- 
terial throughout, as fine porcelain or the like. 
Sometimes a small table or stand of the same ware as the 
vessels takes the place of the tray, or stands upon the tray. 
Sevres porcelain a cabaret, rose du Barry, the set con- 
sisting of four pieces. 5. K. Inventory (1860), p. 58. 
3f. A certain plant. See etymology. 
cabas (kab'a), n. [Also in E. form caba; = D. 
kabas, a hand-basket, < F. cabas, OF. cabas, ca- 
bacJie, cabat = Pr. cabas, a basket of woven 
straw, a frail, a pannier, = Pg. cabas, a hand- 
basket, = Sp. capaeo, a frail, a hamper, a large 
basket; also Pg. capacho, a mat, = Sp. capacno 
(formerly eabacho), m., capacha, f., a frail, a 
hamper; ML. (after OF. or Pr.) cabassius, caba- 
tius, cabassio(n-), cabacetm, cabacus. Origin un- 
certain: (1) associated by some etymologists, 
and appar. in popular use, with Sp. Pg. capaz, 
capacious (cf. ML. capax, a vessel of consider- 
able capacity), < L. capax, capacious, < capere, 
hold (see capacious); but prob., (2) with aug. 
suffix -as, -a:, -azo, -acho (= It. -accio; cf. It. 
capaccio, a large head), < F. cape = Pr. Sp. Pg. 
capa = It. cappa, < ML. capa, a cape, cloak, be- 
ing thus lit. 'a large (or coarse) cape' or cover 
(mat or bag) for the dried figs, dates, raisins, 
prunes, etc., which it was orig. used to contain. 
Hence ult. cabbage 3 , purloin.] 1. In France, 
a kind of basket, pannier, or frail, made of 
woven rush- or palm-leaves or grass, generally 
of a round form, serving to carry provisions, 
especially figs, dates, raisins, or prunes. 2. 
A similar basket used as a traveling-bag; a 
hand-bag. 3. A lady's work-basket or reti- 
cule. In this and the preceding sense also (in 
the United States) caba. 
Being seated, she proceeded, still with an air of hurry 
and embarrassment, to open her cabas, to take out her 
books. Charlotte Bronte, Professor, xiii. 
cabasset (kab-a-sef; F. pron. ka-ba-sa'),. [F. 
cabasset, a slight helmet or casket, dim. of cabas, 
a basket.] A military head-piece in use in the 
sixteenth century for both infantry and cav- 
alry. It resembled a hat with a rounded top, sometimes 
slightly conical, or with a ridge running from front to rear 
over the crown, but without a high crest, and had a nar- 
row brim. 
cabassou, n. See kabassou. 
cabaya (ka-ba'ya), n. [Prob. < Ar. kaba, a ves- 
ture.] 1. A lignt cotton surcoat worn by Eu- 
ropeans in Java and neighboring countries. 
2. In the Barbary states, a similar garment, 
the same as the caftan of the Levant. 
cabbage 1 (kab'aj), . [Early mod. E. also cubage, 
cabige, cabidgc, 'cabbidge, with term, accom. from 
the earlier type cabbish, cabbi/sshc; < OF. cabus, 
dial, caboche (= It. cabuccio (Florio), capuccio, 
cappuccio ; ML. reflex gabusia), prop, clwu ca- 
hus (= Pr. caulet cabus; cf. MD. kabuyskoole, 
D. kabuiskool = MLG. kabftskol), cabbage, 
lit. headed cole: clwu, F. clwu, cole, cabbage 
(seeco(V-); cabitx, fern, eabusse, cabuce, headed, 
large-headed (cf. OF. caboce, F. caboche, head; 
It. capuccio, a little head (cf. capouch, capu- 
cliin); It. lattuga capuccia = F. laictues cabitces, 
pi. (Cotgrave), cabbage-lettuce; OHG. kabu;, 
capu:, MHG. kappus, kappiz, kaba:, G. Jcap/irx, 
kappus, Isappis (also in comp. kappcs-kohl, kap- 
l>es-Tcrauf), cabbage), < L. caput, head : see caput. 
Cf. cabbage 2 .] 1. A variety of. Brassica olcracca 
in which the thick, rounded, and strongly vein- 
ed leaves are crowded in a large compact head 
upon a short, stout stem. See Brassica. Many 
kinds are extensively cultivated for use as a vegetable anil 
in salads, pickles, etc. The tree- or cow-cabbage is a coursr 
form raised for cattle, very tall and branching when in 
flower. From the prominence of this species, the whole 
order of Cntciferw is sometimes called the cabbage family. 
2. The large terminal bud of some kinds of 
palms, as the cabbage-palm. Dog's cabbage, a 
succulent urticaeeous herb, Thclygonuin Cynocratnoe, of 
the south of Europe, sometimes used as a pot-herb. Sea- 
cabbage, or sea-kale, a perennial cruciferous herb, 
Crambe maritima, of the shores of Europe, cultivated as a 
pot-herb, especially in England. The young shoots are 
used. Skunk-cabbage, a perennial araceous plant of 
the United States, Xrimplocarfiitgfcetidus, found in moist 
grounds, and giving out a very fetid odor, especially when 
bruised. The hooded, shell-shaped, purplish spathe ap- 
pears in early spring, followed by a tuft of large smooth 
leaves. The seeds and root are said to be antispasmodic. 
St. Patrick's cabbage, Saxifmfla umbrosa, the Lon- 
don-pride or none-so-pretty of English gardens. 
cabbage 1 (kab'aj), . . ; pret. and pp. cabbaged, 
ppr. cabbaging. [Cf . F. cabusser, grow to a head 
(Cotgrave); from the noun. Cf. cabbage 2 , v.] 
cabbage-rose 
To form a head like that of a cabbage in grow- 
ing : as, a plant cdbbayt'*. 
cabbage'-+ (kab'aj), . [An accom. form of 01- 
boche, < F. caboche, the head: see caboche, and 
cf. cabbage 1 .] 1. The part of a deer's head 
wherein the horns are set. Coles, 1717. 2. A 
part of a head-dress worn by women in the 
eighteenth century, described as a roll at the 
back of the head. Writjlit. 
cabbage' 2 ! (kab'aj), v. i. [< cabbage 2 , n. Cf. 
caboshed.] To grow to a head: said of the 
horns of a deer. Skelton. 
cabbage 3 (kab'aj), v. t. or i. ; pret. and pp. cab- 
baged, ppr. cabbaging. [Earlier, as in E. dial., 
cabbish = D. kabbassen,<.OY. cabasser, put into a 
basket, < cabas, a basket : see cabas. The verbs 
bag, poach, pocket, in the sense of ' purloin,' are 
of similar origin.] To purloin ; specifically, to 
keep possession of part of a customer's cloth 
from which a garment has been made. 
Your tailor, instead of shreds, cabbage* whole yards of 
stuff. Arbuthnot. 
The tailor drew back as if he had been detected in cab- 
baglwj from a cardinal's robe, or cribbing the lace of some 
cope or altar gown. Scott, Anne of Geierstein, xix. 
cabbage 3 (kab'aj), . [< cabbage 3 , v.] Anything 
filched ; specifically, cloth purloined by a tailor 
who makes garments from material supplied by 
his customers. 
cabbage-bug (kab'aj-bug), n. The Murgantia 
histrivnica, more fully called harlequin cabbage- 
bug, from its brilliant markings. It has spread 
from Guatemala to Mexico, and thence into the United 
States, and is destructive to cabbages. 
cabbage-butterfly (kab'aj -but "er-fli), . A 
butterfly of the family Papilionidw and genus 
Pieris, whose larvee or caterpillars are injurious 
Male. 
European Cabbage-butterfly (Pitrts rafa), natural size. 
to the cabbage and other cruciferous plants. 
The common European species is P. rapte, whicli has found 
its way into Canada and the northern United States. 
cabbage-flea (kab'aj-fle), w. A name of a small 
beetle, Haltica consobriiia, of the family Halti- 
cid(e, the larvae of which infest cabbages. 
cabbage-fly (kab'aj-fli), . fheAittltomi/iabras- 
sica!, a fly belonging to the same family (Mus- 
cidw) as the house-fly, and the same genus as 
the turnip- and potato-flies, its larva; or maggots 
are destructive to cabbages by producing disease in the 
roots on which they feed. 
cabbage-maggot (kab'aj-mag // ot), . The larva 
of Aiithomyia brassica; "the cabbage-fly. Also 
called aibbagi'-irorm . 
cabbage-moth (kab'aj-mdth), n. The Mauiex- 
tra or Sootta branxiea;, or pot-herb moth, a moth 
measuring about If inches across the open fore 
wings, which are dusky-brown clouded with 
darker shades, and marked with pairs of dark 
spots on their front edge, and with various 
streaks and spots of a yellowish or white color. 
The caterpillar is gret-nisli-lilack. and is found in autumn 
feeding on the hearts of cabbages. It changes to a brown 
pupa. 
cabbage-oil (kab'aj-oil), n. Same as m/M'-iiil. 
cabbage-palm (kab'aj-pam), i. Same as cab- 
bage-tree, 1. 
cabbage-rpse (kab'aj-roz), n. A species of rose, 
Eosa ccntifolia, of many varieties, with a large, 
round, compact flower, supposed to have been 
cultivated from ancient times, and especially 
suited from its fragrance for the manufacture 
of rose-water and attar. Also called I'rurenef iw, 
by error for Proving rose, from the town of that name in 
the department of Seine-et-Marne, France, where these 
roses are still largely cultivated. 
