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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cab \Cab\ (k[a^]b), n. [Heb. qab, fr q[=a]bab to hollow.] A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints. --W. H. Ward. --2 Kings vi 25. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cab \Cab\ (k[a^]b), n. [Abbrev. fr cabriolet.] 1. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. ``A cab came clattering up.'' --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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cab n 1: a compartment in front; where driver sits 2: small two-wheeled horse-drawn; with two seats and a folding hood [syn: {cabriolet}] 3: a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money [syn: {hack}, {taxi}, {taxicab}] 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.
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