n. [ Cf. F. cabaliste. ] One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions. “Studious cabalists.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] 1. A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed. [ Obs. as an English word. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A type of restaurant where liquor and dinner is served, and entertainment is provided, as by musicians, dancers, or comedians, and usually providing space for dancing by the patrons; -- similar to a nightclub. In some cases, the performers dance or sing on the floor between the tables, after the practice of a certain class of French taverns. The term cabaret is often used in the names of such an establishment. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. The type of entertainment provided in a cabaret{ 2 }. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Cabineted; p. pr. & vb. n. Cabineting. ] To inclose [ R. ] Hewyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Suitable for a cabinet; small. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Varnhagen von Ense ] is a walking cabinet edition of Goethe. For. Quar. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., dim. of cabine or cabane. See Cabin, n. ] 1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Hearken a while from thy green cabinet,
The rural song of careful Colinet. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small room, or retired apartment; a closet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A private room in which consultations are held. [ 1913 Webster ]

Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In England, the cabinet or cabinet council consists of those privy councilors who actually transact the immediate business of the government. Mozley & W. -- In the United States, the cabinet is composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government, namely, the Secretary of State, of the Treasury, of War, of the Navy, of the Interior, and of Agiculture, the Postmaster-general, and the Attorney-general. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (a) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence: (b) A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an étagère or closed with doors. See étagère. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cabinet council. (a) Same as Cabinet, n., 4 (of which body it was formerly the full title). (b) A meeting of the cabinet. --
Cabinet councilor, a member of a cabinet council. --
Cabinet photograph, a photograph of a size smaller than an imperial, though larger than a carte de visite. --
Cabinet picture, a small and generally highly finished picture, suitable for a small room and for close inspection. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of cable; cf. F. câblot. ] A little cable less than ten inches in circumference. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., dim. of cabriole a leap, caper, from It. capriola, fr. dim. of L. caper he-goat, capra she-goat. This carriage is so called from its skipping lightness. Cf. Cab, Caper a leap. ] A one-horse carriage with two seats and a calash top. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Cabrée. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cachalot. ] (Zoöl.) The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. cacher to hide + pot a pot. ] An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. fr. cacher to hide. ] A seal, as of a letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lettre de cachet [ F. ], a sealed letter, especially a letter or missive emanating from the sovereign; -- much used in France before the Revolution as an arbitrary order of imprisonment. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prov. E. codbait, cadbote fly. ] (Zoöl.) See Caddice.

a. [ L. cadens, -entis, p. pr. of cadere to fall. ] Falling. [ R. ] “Cadent tears.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cadet a younger or the youngest son or brother, dim. fr. L. caput head; i. e., a smaller head of the family, after the first or eldest. See Chief, and cf. Cad. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cadet of an ancient and noble family. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) (a) A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a volunteer, with a view of acquiring military skill and obtaining a commission. (b) A young man in training for military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woolwich. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ All the undergraduates at Annapolis are Naval cadets. The distinction between Cadet midshipmen and Cadet engineers was abolished by Act of Congress in 1882. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In New Zealand, a young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels. [ Slang, U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ Turk. qahveh khāneh coffeehouse. ] A humble inn or house of rest for travelers, where coffee is sold. [ Turkey ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool) A kind of parrot, of a beautiful green color, found in the Philippine Islands. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] One of a race inhabiting the valleys of the Pyrenees, who until 1793 were political and social outcasts (Christian Pariahs). They are supposed to be a remnant of the Visigoths. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Written also cainca root. ] [ See Cahincic. ] (Bot.) The root of an American shrub (Chiococca racemosa), found as far north as Florida Keys, from which cahincic acid is obtained; also, the root of the South American Chiococca anguifuga, a celebrated antidote for snake poison. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Perhaps fr. f. cohorte a company or band. ] Partnership; league; as, to go in cahoot (or in cahoots) with a person. Usually used in the plural, and in modern usage often used to imply that the joint effort is unethical, shady, questionable, or illegal; as, a shill in cahoots with a pickpocket, to serve as a distraction. [ Slang, southwestern U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. See Cajuput. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of cajoling; the state of being cajoled; cajolery. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of Malayan origin; kāyu tree + pūtih white. ] (Med.) A highly stimulating volatile inflammable oil, distilled from the leaves of an East Indian tree (Melaleuca cajuputi, etc.) It is greenish in color and has a camphoraceous odor and pungent taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. calamint, calemente (cf. F. calament) fr. L. calamintha, Gr. kalami`nqh, kala`minqos. See 1st Mint. ] (Bot.) A genus of perennial plants (Calamintha) of the Mint family, esp. the Calamintha Nepeta and Calamintha Acinos, which are called also basil thyme. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calamus a reed. ] One who plays upon a reed or pipe. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. calcitrans, p. pr. of calcitrare to kick, fr. calx, calcis , heel. ] Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A substance that excites warmth in the parts to which it is applied, as mustard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. calefaciens p. pr. of calefacere to make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make. ] Making warm; heating. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Caloriduct. ] A pipe or duct used to convey hot air or steam. [ 1913 Webster ]

Subterranean caliducts have been introduced. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Callet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A callat of boundless tongue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Ir. & Gael. caile a country woman, strumpet. ] A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip. [ Obs. ] [ Written also callat. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To rail or scold. [ Obs. ] Brathwait. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A calligrapher [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖, n. [ F. calotte, dim. of cale a sort of flat cap. Cf. Caul. ] A close cap without visor or brim. Especially: (a) Such a cap, worn by English serjeants at law. (b) Such a cap, worn by the French cavalry under their helmets. (c) Such a cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

To assume the calotte, to become a priest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calor heat (fr. calere to warm) + E. duct. ] A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) See Calorificient. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) See Calorificient. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Having, or relating to the power of producing heat; -- applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. calumet, fr. L. calamus reed. See Halm, and cf. Shawm. ] A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Smoked the calumet, the Peace pipe,
As a signal to the nations. Lowgfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The calumet is used as a symbol of peace. To accept the calumet is to agree to terms of peace, and to refuse it is to reject them. The calumet of peace is used to seal or ratify contracts and alliances, and as an evidence to strangers that they are welcome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Snapdragon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. Calviniste. ] A follower of Calvin; a believer in Calvinism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cambiste, It. cambista, fr. L. cambire to exchange. See Change. ] A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Camlet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Camelet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. 1. The legendary site of King Arthur's court and castle. [ PJC ]

2. Hence, any place or time thought of as having idyllic peace, justice, and happiness. [ PJC ]

‖n., or . A kind of rich, soft, unpressed cream cheese made in the vicinity of Camembert, near Argentan, France; also, any cheese of the same type, wherever made. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. camelot (akin to Sp. camelote, chamelote, It. cambellbito, ciambellotto, LL. camelotum, camelinum, fr. Ar. khamlat camlet, fr. kaml pile, plush. The word was early confused with camel, camel's hair also being used in making it. Cf. Calamanco ] A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton. [ Sometimes written camelot and camblet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They have been made plain and twilled, of single warp and weft, of double warp, and sometimes with double weft also, with thicker yarn. Beck (Draper's Dict. ) [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Mil.) A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners. Farrow.

n. One skilled in campanology; a bell ringer. [ 1913 Webster ]