GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Cabin , n. [OF. caban, fr. W. caban booth, cabin, dim. of cab cot, tent; or fr. F. cabane, cabine, LL. cabanna, perh. from the Celtic.]
   A cottage or small house; a hut.
   Swift.
   
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   A hunting cabin in the west.
   E. Everett.
   
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   A small room; an inclosed place.
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   So long in secret cabin there he held
   Her captive.
   Spenser.
   
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   A room in ship for officers or passengers.
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   Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship.
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   Cabin v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabined ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cabining.] To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge.
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   I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave.
   Shak.
   
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   Cabin, v. t. To confine in, or as in, a cabin.
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   I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
   To saucy doubts and fears.
   Shak.
   
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