Defn: To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer. Your tailor . . . cabbages whole yards of cloth. Arbuthnot.
CABBAGE
Cab"bage, n.
Defn: Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
CABBLER
Cab"bler, n.
Defn: One who works at cabbling.
CABBLING
Cab"bling, n. (Metal)
Defn: The process of breaking up the flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, in order that the pieces may be reheated and wrought into bar iron.
CABECA; CABESSE
Ca*be"ça, Ca*besse", n. Etym: [Pg. cabeça, F. cabesse.]
Defn: The finest kind of silk received from India.
CABER
Ca"ber, n. Etym: [Gael]