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Pronunciation : Cab
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Abbrev. fr. cabriolet.]
Definition : 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 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Cab
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Heb. gab, fr. qabab to hollow.]
Definition : Defn: A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints. W. H. Ward. 2 Kings vi. 25.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913