Cabman

The driver of a cab. (Vulgarly, cabby.) Ca'bob, (sometimes written KABOB,) n. [Pers. cobbob, roasted meat. A term used in Oriental countries, as Turkey, Persia, Egypt, ., to denote a slice of meat roasted on a skewer. (Cookery.) A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with fresh herrings, and seasoned with herbs. -ν. α. Το roast after the manner of a cabob. Caboched, CABOSHED, or CABOSSED, (ca-boshd',) a. [O. Fr. caboc he .] ( Her .) Applied to the head of an animal, when borne without any part of the neck and exhibited full in face. Cabo Frio, ( ka'bo fre'o ,) a cape and sea-port town of Brazil, prov. Rio Ja- neiro. The town is about 80 m. from Rio Janeiro, at the S.E. extremity of the Lake Araruama. Pop . abt. 4,000. Fig . 461. - STAG'S Cabomba'ceæ, (WATER SHIELDS,) n.pl. HEAD CABOCHED. ( Bot .) An order of plants, alliance Nympha les . DIAG. Distinct carpels, abundant albumen, and no visible torus. They are aquatic plants with floating peltate leaves; sepals and petals 3 or 4, alternating with each other; stamens definite or numerous; thalamus flattened, small; carpels 2 or more, distinct; fruit indehiscent; seeds few; embryo minute, enclosed in a vitellus, and outside of abundant fleshy albumen. There are only two genera belonging to the order; namely, Ca bomb a and Hydro pelt is . The species occur in America, Australia, and India; they have no important properties. Cabool'. See CABUL. Caboose, (ka-bös',) n. [Ger. kabuse ; Fr. cambuse.] ( Naut .) A little room or hut; specifically, the cook-room or kitchen on board a ship. (Often called the galley .) A case or covering to the funnel in a ship.