Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cab"
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.
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) 1.7 (wn)
cab
n 1: a compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits
2: small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; 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}]
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