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Cab (kăb), n. [Heb.
qab, fr. qābab to hollow.] A Hebrew dry
measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints. W.
H. Ward. 2 Kings vi. 25.

Ca*bal" (k&adot;*băl"), n.
[F. cabale cabal, cabala, LL. cabala cabala, fr.
Heb. qabbālēh reception, tradition, mysterious
doctrine, fr. qābal to take or receive, in Piël
qibbel to adopt (a doctrine).] 1.
Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala [Obs.]
Hakewill.

2. A secret. [Obs.] "The measuring
of the temple, a cabal found out but lately." B.
Jonson.

3. A number of persons united in some
close design, usually to promote their private views and
interests in church or state by intrigue; a secret association
composed of a few designing persons; a junto.

It so happend, by a whimsical coincidence, that in 1671 the
cabinet consisted of five persons, the initial letters of whose
names made up the word cabal; Clifford, Arlington,
Buckingham, Ashley, and Lauderdale. Macaulay.

4. The secret artifices or machinations
of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.


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