Cabbage aphis (Zo÷l.), a green plant-louse (Aphis brassicŠ) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage. -- Cabbage beetle (Zo÷l.), a small, striped flea- beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) which lives, in the larval state, on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage and other cruciferous plants. -- Cabbage butterfly (Zo÷l.), a white butterfly (Pieris rapŠ of both Europe and America, and the allied P. oleracea, a native American species) which, in the larval state, devours the leaves of the cabbage and the turnip. See Cabbage worm, below. -- Cabbage fly (Zo÷l.), a small two-winged fly (Anthomyia brassicŠ), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state, on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to the crop. -- Cabbage head, the compact head formed by the leaves of a cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull. -- Cabbage palmetto, a species of palm tree (Sabal Palmetto) found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida. -- Cabbage rose (Bot.), a species of rose (Rosa centifolia) having large and heavy blossoms. -- Cabbage tree, Cabbage palm, a name given to palms having a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the Sabal Palmetto of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies. -- Cabbage worm (Zo÷l.), the larva of several species of moths and butterflies, which attacks cabbages. The most common is usually the larva of a white butterfly. See Cabbage butterfly, above. The cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks of young plants during the night, are the larvŠ of several species of moths, of the genus Agrotis. See Cutworm. -- Sea cabbage.(Bot.) (a) Sea kale (b). The original Plant (Brassica oleracea), from which the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been derived by cultivation. -- Thousand-headed cabbage. See Brussels sprouts.
Cab"bage, v. i. To form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage. Johnson.
Cab"bage, v. i. [imp. & p. p Cabbaged (-b&asl;jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabbaging (-b&asl;*j&ibreve;ng).] [F. cabasser, fr. OF. cabas theft; cf. F. cabas basket, and OF. cabuser to cheat.] 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.
Cab"bage, n. Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
Cab"bler (kăb"bl&etilde;r), n. One who works at cabbling.
Cab"bling (-bl&ibreve;ng), n. (Metal.) 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.
{ ||Ca*be"ša (k&adot;*b&asl;"s&adot;), ||Ca*besse" (k&adot;*b&ebreve;s"), } n. [Pg. cabeša, F. cabesse.] The finest kind of silk received from India.
||Ca"ber (kā"b&etilde;r), n. [Gael] A pole or beam used in Scottish games for tossing as a trial of strength.
Cab`e*zon" (kăb`&asl;*z&obreve;n" or kń*b&asl;*th&osl;n"), n. [Sp., properly, big head. Cf. Cavesson.] (Zo÷l.) A California fish (Hemilepidotus spinosus), allied to the sculpin.
Cab"i*ai (kăb"&ibreve;*ī), n. [Native South American name.] (Zo÷l.) The capybara. See Capybara.
Cab"in (kăb"&ibreve;n), n. [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.