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Cab"in v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Cabined (-&ibreve;nd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Cabining.] To live in, or as in, a
cabin; to lodge.

I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave.

Shak.

Cab"in, v. t. To confine in,
or as in, a cabin.

I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound
in

To saucy doubts and fears.

Shak.

Cab"i*net (kăb"&ibreve;*n&ebreve;t),
n. [F., dim. of cabine or cabane.
See Cabin, n.] 1. A
hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.]

Hearken a while from thy green cabinet,

The rural song of careful Colinet.

Spenser.

2. A small room, or retired apartment; a
closet.

3. A private room in which consultations
are held.

Philip passed some hours every day in his father's
cabinet.

Prescott.

4. The advisory council of the chief
executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.

&fist; In England, the cabinet or cabinet
council consists of those privy councilors who actually
transact the immediate business of the government.


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