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cabal
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cabal
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Cabal
(gcide) | Cabal \Ca*bal"\ (k[.a]*b[a^]l"), n. [F. cabale cabal, cabala,
LL. cabala cabala, fr. Heb. qabb[=a]l[=e]h reception,
tradition, mysterious doctrine, fr. q[=a]bal to take or
receive, in Pi["e]l qibbel to adopt (a doctrine).]
1. Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala. [Obs.]
--Hakewill.
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2. A secret. [Obs.] "The measuring of the temple, a cabal
found out but lately." --B. Jonson.
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3. A number of persons united in some close design, usually
to promote their private views and interests in church or
state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few
designing persons; a junto.
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Note: It so happend, by a whimsical coincidence, that in 1671
the cabinet consisted of five persons, the initial
letters of whose names made up the word cabal;
Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, and
Lauderdale. --Macaulay.
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4. The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons
united in a close design; intrigue.
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By cursed cabals of women. --Dryden.
Syn: Junto; intrigue; plot; combination; conspiracy.
Usage: Cabal, Combination, Faction. An association for
some purpose considered to be bad is the idea common
to these terms. A combination is an organized union of
individuals for mutual support, in urging their
demands or resisting the claims of others, and may be
good or bad according to circumstances; as, a
combiniation of workmen or of employers to effect or
to prevent a change in prices. A cabal is a secret
association of a few individuals who seek by cunning
practices to obtain office and power. A faction is a
larger body than a cabal, employed for selfish
purposes in agitating the community and working up an
excitement with a view to change the existing order of
things. "Selfishness, insubordination, and laxity of
morals give rise to combinations, which belong
particularly to the lower orders of society. Restless,
jealous, ambitious, and little minds are ever forming
cabals. Factions belong especially to free
governments, and are raised by busy and turbulent
spirits for selfish purposes". --Crabb.
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Cabal
(gcide) | Cabal \Ca*bal"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caballed (-b[a^]ld"); p.
pr. & vb. n. Caballing]. [Cf. F. cabaler.]
To unite in a small party to promote private views and
interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.
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Caballing still against it with the great. --Dryden.
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cabal
(wn) | cabal
n 1: a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through
intrigue [syn: cabal, faction, junto, camarilla]
2: a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a
political plot) [syn: conspiracy, cabal]
v 1: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear
together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"
[syn: conspire, cabal, complot, conjure,
machinate] |
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cabala
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cabalist
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cabalistic
(encz) | cabalistic,kabalistický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
there is no cabal
(czen) | There Is No Cabal,TINC[zkr.] |
Cabal
(gcide) | Cabal \Ca*bal"\ (k[.a]*b[a^]l"), n. [F. cabale cabal, cabala,
LL. cabala cabala, fr. Heb. qabb[=a]l[=e]h reception,
tradition, mysterious doctrine, fr. q[=a]bal to take or
receive, in Pi["e]l qibbel to adopt (a doctrine).]
1. Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala. [Obs.]
--Hakewill.
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2. A secret. [Obs.] "The measuring of the temple, a cabal
found out but lately." --B. Jonson.
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3. A number of persons united in some close design, usually
to promote their private views and interests in church or
state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few
designing persons; a junto.
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Note: It so happend, by a whimsical coincidence, that in 1671
the cabinet consisted of five persons, the initial
letters of whose names made up the word cabal;
Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, and
Lauderdale. --Macaulay.
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4. The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons
united in a close design; intrigue.
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By cursed cabals of women. --Dryden.
Syn: Junto; intrigue; plot; combination; conspiracy.
Usage: Cabal, Combination, Faction. An association for
some purpose considered to be bad is the idea common
to these terms. A combination is an organized union of
individuals for mutual support, in urging their
demands or resisting the claims of others, and may be
good or bad according to circumstances; as, a
combiniation of workmen or of employers to effect or
to prevent a change in prices. A cabal is a secret
association of a few individuals who seek by cunning
practices to obtain office and power. A faction is a
larger body than a cabal, employed for selfish
purposes in agitating the community and working up an
excitement with a view to change the existing order of
things. "Selfishness, insubordination, and laxity of
morals give rise to combinations, which belong
particularly to the lower orders of society. Restless,
jealous, ambitious, and little minds are ever forming
cabals. Factions belong especially to free
governments, and are raised by busy and turbulent
spirits for selfish purposes". --Crabb.
[1913 Webster]Cabal \Ca*bal"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caballed (-b[a^]ld"); p.
pr. & vb. n. Caballing]. [Cf. F. cabaler.]
To unite in a small party to promote private views and
interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.
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Caballing still against it with the great. --Dryden.
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Cabala
(gcide) | Cabala \Cab"a*la\ (k[a^]b"[.a]*l[.a]), n. [LL. See Cabal, n.]
1. A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation
of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain
medi[ae]val Christians, which treats of the nature of god
and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every
letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a
hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation
for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists
pretend even to foretell events by this means.
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2. Secret science in general; mystic art; mystery.
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Cabalism
(gcide) | Cabalism \Cab"a*lism\ (k[a^]b"[.a]*l[i^]z'm), n. [Cf. F.
cabalisme.]
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1. The secret science of the cabalists.
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2. A superstitious devotion to the mysteries of the religion
which one professes. [R] --Emerson.
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Cabalist
(gcide) | Cabalist \Cab"a*list\ (-l[i^]st), n. [Cf. F. cabaliste.]
One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish
traditions. "Studious cabalists." --Swift.
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Cabalistic
(gcide) | Cabalistic \Cab`a*lis"tic\ (k[a^]b`[.a]*l[i^]s"t[i^]k),
Cabalistical \Cab`a*lis"tic*al\ (-t[i^]*kal)a.
Of or pertaining to the cabala; containing or conveying an
occult meaning; mystic.
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The Heptarchus is a cabalistic exposition of the first
chapter of Genesis. --Hallam.
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Cabalistical
(gcide) | Cabalistic \Cab`a*lis"tic\ (k[a^]b`[.a]*l[i^]s"t[i^]k),
Cabalistical \Cab`a*lis"tic*al\ (-t[i^]*kal)a.
Of or pertaining to the cabala; containing or conveying an
occult meaning; mystic.
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The Heptarchus is a cabalistic exposition of the first
chapter of Genesis. --Hallam.
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Cabalistically
(gcide) | Cabalistically \Cab`a*lis"tic*al*ly\, adv.
In a cabalistic manner.
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Cabalize
(gcide) | Cabalize \Cab"a*lize\, v. i. [Cf. F. cabaliser.]
To use cabalistic language. [R] --Dr. H. More.
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Caballed
(gcide) | Cabal \Ca*bal"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caballed (-b[a^]ld"); p.
pr. & vb. n. Caballing]. [Cf. F. cabaler.]
To unite in a small party to promote private views and
interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.
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Caballing still against it with the great. --Dryden.
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Caballer
(gcide) | Caballer \Ca*bal"ler\ (k[.a]*b[a^]l"l[~e]r), n.
One who cabals.
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A close caballer and tongue-valiant lord. --Dryden.
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Caballeria
(gcide) | Caballeria \Ca`bal*le*ri"a\, n. [Sp. See Caballero.]
An ancient Spanish land tenure similar to the English
knight's fee; hence, in Spain and countries settled by the
Spanish, a land measure of varying size. In Cuba it is about
33 acres; in Puerto Rico, about 194 acres; in the
Southwestern United States, about 108 acres.
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caballero
(gcide) | caballero \ca`bal*le"ro\, n. [Sp. Cf. Cavalier.]
A knight or cavalier; hence, a gentleman.
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caballine
(gcide) | caballine \cab"al*line\ (k[a^]b"al*l[imac]n), a. [L.caballinus,
fr. caballus a nag. Cf. Cavalier.]
Of or pertaining to a horse. -- n. Caballine aloes.
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caballine aloes, an inferior and impure kind of aloes
formerly used in veterinary practice; -- called also
horse aloes.
Caballine spring, the fountain of Hippocrene, on Mount
Helicon; -- fabled to have been formed by a stroke from
the foot of the winged horse Pegasus.
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caballine aloes
(gcide) | caballine \cab"al*line\ (k[a^]b"al*l[imac]n), a. [L.caballinus,
fr. caballus a nag. Cf. Cavalier.]
Of or pertaining to a horse. -- n. Caballine aloes.
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caballine aloes, an inferior and impure kind of aloes
formerly used in veterinary practice; -- called also
horse aloes.
Caballine spring, the fountain of Hippocrene, on Mount
Helicon; -- fabled to have been formed by a stroke from
the foot of the winged horse Pegasus.
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Caballine spring
(gcide) | caballine \cab"al*line\ (k[a^]b"al*l[imac]n), a. [L.caballinus,
fr. caballus a nag. Cf. Cavalier.]
Of or pertaining to a horse. -- n. Caballine aloes.
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caballine aloes, an inferior and impure kind of aloes
formerly used in veterinary practice; -- called also
horse aloes.
Caballine spring, the fountain of Hippocrene, on Mount
Helicon; -- fabled to have been formed by a stroke from
the foot of the winged horse Pegasus.
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Caballing
(gcide) | Cabal \Ca*bal"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caballed (-b[a^]ld"); p.
pr. & vb. n. Caballing]. [Cf. F. cabaler.]
To unite in a small party to promote private views and
interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.
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Caballing still against it with the great. --Dryden.
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Caballo
(gcide) | Caballo \Ca*bal"lo\ (k[.a]*v[aum]l"y[-o]; 220), n. [Written also
cavallo.] [Sp., fr. L. caballus a nag. See Cavalcade.]
A horse. [Sp. Amer.]
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Equus caballus
(gcide) | Horse \Horse\ (h[^o]rs), n. [AS. hors; akin to OS. hros, D. &
OHG. ros, G. ross, Icel. hross; and perh. to L. currere to
run, E. course, current Cf. Walrus.]
1. (Zool.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus;
especially, the domestic horse (Equus caballus), which
was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period.
It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with
six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below.
The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or
wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having
a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base.
Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all
its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility,
courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for
drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.
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Note: Many varieties, differing in form, size, color, gait,
speed, etc., are known, but all are believed to have
been derived from the same original species. It is
supposed to have been a native of the plains of Central
Asia, but the wild species from which it was derived is
not certainly known. The feral horses of America are
domestic horses that have run wild; and it is probably
true that most of those of Asia have a similar origin.
Some of the true wild Asiatic horses do, however,
approach the domestic horse in several characteristics.
Several species of fossil (Equus) are known from the
later Tertiary formations of Europe and America. The
fossil species of other genera of the family
Equid[ae] are also often called horses, in general
sense.
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2. The male of the genus Equus, in distinction from the
female or male; usually, a castrated male.
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3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural
termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished
from foot.
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The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five
thousand horse and foot. --Bacon.
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4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a
clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
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5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers
were made to ride for punishment.
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6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a
horse; a hobby.
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7. (Mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same
character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a
vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a
vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.
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8. (Naut.)
(a) See Footrope, a.
(b) A breastband for a leadsman.
(c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
(d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.
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9. (Student Slang)
(a) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or
examination; -- called also trot, pony, Dobbin.
(b) Horseplay; tomfoolery.
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10. heroin. [slang]
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11. horsepower. [Colloq. contraction]
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Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to
signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses,
like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or
horse?dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence, often
in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as,
horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,
horse ant, etc.
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Black horse, Blood horse, etc. See under Black, etc.
Horse aloes, caballine aloes.
Horse ant (Zool.), a large ant (Formica rufa); -- called
also horse emmet.
Horse artillery, that portion of the artillery in which the
cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the
cavalry; flying artillery.
Horse balm (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant
(Collinsonia Canadensis), having large leaves and
yellowish flowers.
Horse bean (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean
(Faba vulgaris), grown for feeding horses.
Horse boat, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a
boat propelled by horses.
Horse bot. (Zool.) See Botfly, and Bots.
Horse box, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses,
as hunters. [Eng.]
Horse breaker or Horse trainer, one employed in subduing
or training horses for use.
Horse car.
(a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under Car.
(b) A car fitted for transporting horses.
Horse cassia (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia
Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black,
catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse
medicine.
Horse cloth, a cloth to cover a horse.
Horse conch (Zool.), a large, spiral, marine shell of the
genus Triton. See Triton.
Horse courser.
(a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing.
--Johnson.
(b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
Horse crab (Zool.), the Limulus; -- called also
horsefoot, horsehoe crab, and king crab.
Horse crevall['e] (Zool.), the cavally.
Horse emmet (Zool.), the horse ant.
Horse finch (Zool.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
Horse gentian (Bot.), fever root.
Horse iron (Naut.), a large calking iron.
Horse latitudes, a space in the North Atlantic famous for
calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds
of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.
Horse mackrel. (Zool.)
(a) The common tunny (Orcynus thunnus), found on the
Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the
Mediterranean.
(b) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
(c) The scad.
(d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes,
as the California hake, the black candlefish, the
jurel, the bluefish, etc.
Horse marine (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a
mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang]
Horse mussel (Zool.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola
modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and
America.
Horse nettle (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the
Solanum Carolinense.
Horse parsley. (Bot.) See Alexanders.
Horse purslain (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical
America (Trianthema monogymnum).
Horse race, a race by horses; a match of horses in running
or trotting.
Horse racing, the practice of racing with horses.
Horse railroad, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by
horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States,
called a tramway.
Horse run (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded
wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power.
Horse sense, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.]
Horse soldier, a cavalryman.
Horse sponge (Zool.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge
(Spongia equina).
Horse stinger (Zool.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.]
Horse sugar (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the
United States (Symplocos tinctoria), whose leaves are
sweet, and good for fodder.
Horse tick (Zool.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca
equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and
sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, {horse
louse}, and forest fly.
Horse vetch (Bot.), a plant of the genus Hippocrepis
(Hippocrepis comosa), cultivated for the beauty of its
flowers; -- called also horsehoe vetch, from the
peculiar shape of its pods.
Iron horse, a locomotive. [Colloq.]
Salt horse, the sailor's name for salt beef.
To look a gift horse in the mouth, to examine the mouth of
a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to
ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a
critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell.
To take horse.
(a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay.
(b) To be covered, as a mare.
(c) See definition 7 (above).
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Scomberomorus caballa
(gcide) | Cero \Ce"ro\, n. [Corrupt. fr. Sp. sierra saw, sawfish, cero.]
(Zool.)
A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the
genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West
Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United
States, -- the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called
also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero ({Scomberomorus
regalis}).
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cabala
(wn) | cabala
n 1: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that
is traditionally secret [syn: cabala, cabbala,
cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala,
qabalah]
2: an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the
Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th
centuries [syn: Kabbalah, Kabbala, Kabala, Cabbalah,
Cabbala, Cabala, Qabbalah, Qabbala] |
cabalism
(wn) | Cabalism
n 1: the doctrines of the Kabbalah [syn: Kabbalism,
Cabalism]
2: adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or
interpretation [syn: kabbalism, cabalism] |
cabalist
(wn) | cabalist
n 1: a member of a cabal
2: an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or
esoteric matters [syn: cabalist, kabbalist]
3: a student of the Jewish Kabbalah [syn: Cabalist,
Kabbalist] |
cabalistic
(wn) | cabalistic
adj 1: having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols
engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly
sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther
[syn: cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic,
cryptic, cryptical, sibylline] |
equus caballus
(wn) | Equus caballus
n 1: solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since
prehistoric times [syn: horse, Equus caballus] |
equus caballus gomelini
(wn) | Equus caballus gomelini
n 1: European wild horse extinct since the early 20th century
[syn: tarpan, Equus caballus gomelini] |
equus caballus przevalskii
(wn) | Equus caballus przevalskii
n 1: wild horse of central Asia that resembles an ass; now
endangered [syn: Przewalski's horse, {Przevalski's
horse}, Equus caballus przewalskii, {Equus caballus
przevalskii}] |
equus caballus przewalskii
(wn) | Equus caballus przewalskii
n 1: wild horse of central Asia that resembles an ass; now
endangered [syn: Przewalski's horse, {Przevalski's
horse}, Equus caballus przewalskii, {Equus caballus
przevalskii}] |
santiago de los caballeros
(wn) | Santiago de los Caballeros
n 1: city in the northern Dominican Republic [syn: {Santiago de
los Caballeros}, Santiago] |
backbone cabal
(foldoc) | backbone cabal
A group of large-site administrators who pushed
through the Great Renaming and reined in the chaos of
Usenet during most of the 1980s. The cabal mailing list
disbanded in late 1988 after a bitter internal cat-fight.
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backbone cabal
(jargon) | backbone cabal
n.
A group of large-site administrators who pushed through the {Great Renaming
} and reined in the chaos of Usenet during most of the 1980s. During most
of its lifetime, the Cabal (as it was sometimes capitalized) steadfastly
denied its own existence; it was almost obligatory for anyone privy to
their secrets to respond “There is no Cabal” whenever the existence or
activities of the group were speculated on in public.
The result of this policy was an attractive aura of mystery. Even a decade
after the cabal mailing list disbanded in late 1988 following a bitter
internal catfight, many people believed (or claimed to believe) that it had
not actually disbanded but only gone deeper underground with its power
intact.
This belief became a model for various paranoid theories about various
Cabals with dark nefarious objectives beginning with taking over the Usenet
or Internet. These paranoias were later satirized in ways that took on a
life of their own. See Eric Conspiracy for one example. Part of the
background for this kind of humor is that many hackers cultivate a fondness
for conspiracy theory considered as a kind of surrealist art; see the
bibliography entry on Illuminatus! for the novel that launched this trend.
See NANA for the subsequent history of “the Cabal”.
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CABALLERIA
(bouvier) | CABALLERIA, Spanish law. A measure of land, which is different in different
provinces. Diccionario por la Real Academia. In those parts of the United
States, which formerly belonged to Spain, the caballeria is a lot of one
hundred feet front and two hundred feet deep, and equal, in all respects, to
five peonias. (q.v.) 2 White's Coll. 49; 12 Pet. 444. note. See Fanegas.
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