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A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding.
To fasten with a cable.
To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.
To telegraph by a submarine cable
Fastened with, or attached to, a cable or rope.
Adorned with cabling.
of Cable
A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable.
Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable.
Twisted after the manner of a cable; as, a cable-laid gold chain.
A little cable less than ten inches in circumference.
of Cable
The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third of the height of the shaft.
The driver of a cab.
of Cabman
To roast, as a cabob.
A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs.
A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer; -- so called in Turkey and Persia.
Showing the full face, but nothing of the neck; -- said of the head of a beast in armorial bearing.
The whole collection; the entire quantity or number; -- usually in the phrase the whole caboodle.