n. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. A cab may have two seats at right angles to the driver's seat, and a door behind; or one seat parallel to the driver's, with the entrance from the side or front. Hansom cab. See Hansom. The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station.
- n. A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints.