'Cabbaging' definitions:
Definition of 'Cabbaging'
From: GCIDE
- Cabbage \Cab"bage\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabbaged (-b[asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabbaging (-b[asl]*j[i^]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. [1913 Webster]
- Your tailor . . . cabbages whole yards of cloth. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Cabbaging'
- Cabbage,
- Cabbaged,
- Cabbage aphis,
- Cabbage beetle,
- Cabbage fly,
- Cabbage head,
- Cabbage palm,
- Cabbage palmetto,
- Cabbage rose,
- Cabbage tree,
- Chinese cabbage,
- Dog cabbage,
- Dog's cabbage,
- Palm cabbage,
- Sea cabbage,
- Skunk cabbage,
- Swamp cabbage,
- cabbage bark,
- cabbage butterfly,
- cabbage worm,
- celery cabbage,
- cultivated cabbage,
- head cabbage,
- john's cabbage,
- red cabbage,
- savoy cabbage,
- stuffed cabbage,
- turnip cabbage,
- water cabbage,
- wild cabbage,
- Harlequin cabbage bug,
- chinese white cabbage,
- head cabbage plant,
- southern cabbage butterfly,
- Sea-otter's cabbage,
- Thousand-headed cabbage,
- cabbage-bark tree