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CABINING
Verb
cabining
present participle of cabin
Source: Wiktionary
CABIN
Cab"in, n. Etym: [OF. caban, fr. W. caban booth, cabin, dim. of cab cot, tent; or fr. F. cabane, cabine, LL. cabanna, perh. from the Celtic.]
1. A cottage or small house; a hut. Swift. A hunting cabin in the west. E. Everett.
2. A small room; an inclosed place. So long in secret cabin there he held Her captive. Spenser.
3. A room in ship for officers or passengers. Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is wait on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship.
Cab"in v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabined (-nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabining.]
Definition: To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge. I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave. Shak.
Cab"in, v. t.
Definition: To confine in, or as in, a cabin. I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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