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cabin
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cabin \Cab"in\, v. t.
To confine in, or as in, a cabin.
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I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
To saucy doubts and fears. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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A hunting cabin in the west. --E. Everett.
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2. A small room; an inclosed place.
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So long in secret cabin there he held
Her captive. --Spenser.
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3. A room in ship for officers or passengers.
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Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and
passengers in the cabin of a ship.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster] I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
