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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cabin \Cab"in\ (k[a^]b"[i^]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. 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 to wait on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cabin \Cab"in\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cabined} (-[i^]nd); p. pr & vb n. {Cabining}.] To live in or as in a cabin; to lodge. I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cabin \Cab"in\, v. t. To confine in or as in a cabin. I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cabin n 1: small room on a ship or boat where people sleep 2: a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area 3: the enclosed part of an aircraft of spacecraft where passengers are carried v : confine to a small space, such as a cabin
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