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Cabinet
Cabinet Cab"i*net, a.
Suitable for a cabinet; small.
He [Varnhagen von Ense] is a walking cabinet edition of
Goethe. --For. Quar.
Rev.
CabinetCabinet Cab"i*net, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabineted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Cabineting.]
To inclose [R.] --Hewyt. Cabinet organOrgan Or"gan, n. [L. organum, Gr. ?; akin to ? work, and E.
work: cf. F. organe. See Work, and cf. Orgue, Orgy.]
1. An instrument or medium by which some important action is
performed, or an important end accomplished; as,
legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are
organs of government.
2. (Biol.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a
plant, capable of performing some special action (termed
its function), which is essential to the life or
well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are
organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are
organs of plants.
Note: In animals the organs are generally made up of several
tissues, one of which usually predominates, and
determines the principal function of the organ. Groups
of organs constitute a system. See System.
3. A component part performing an essential office in the
working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves,
crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine.
4. A medium of communication between one person or body and
another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of
communication between the government and a foreign power;
a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party,
sect, etc.
5. [Cf. AS. organ, fr. L. organum.] (Mus.) A wind instrument
containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds,
which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon
by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and
sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the
plural, each pipe being considired an organ.
The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. --Pope.
Note: Chaucer used the form orgon as a plural.
The merry orgon . . . that in the church goon
[go].
Barrel organ, Choir organ, Great organ, etc. See under
Barrel, Choir, etc.
Cabinet organ (Mus.), an organ of small size, as for a
chapel or for domestic use; a reed organ.
Organ bird (Zo["o]l.), a Tasmanian crow shrike (Gymnorhina
organicum). It utters discordant notes like those of a
hand organ out of tune.
Organ fish (Zo["o]l.), the drumfish.
Organ gun. (Mil.) Same as Orgue
(b) .
Organ harmonium (Mus.), an harmonium of large capacity and
power.
Organ of Gorti (Anat.), a complicated structure in the
cochlea of the ear, including the auditory hair cells, the
rods or fibers of Corti, the membrane of Corti, etc. See
Note under Ear.
Organ pipe. See Pipe, n., 1.
Organ-pipe coral. (Zo["o]l.) See Tubipora.
Organ point (Mus.), a passage in which the tonic or
dominant is sustained continuously by one part, while the
other parts move. CabinetingCabinet Cab"i*net, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabineted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Cabineting.]
To inclose [R.] --Hewyt. Cabinetmaker
Cabinetmaker Cab"i*net*mak`er (-m[=a]k`[~e]r), n.
One whose occupation is to make cabinets or other choice
articles of household furniture, as tables, bedsteads,
bureaus, etc.
Cabinetmaking
Cabinetmaking Cab"i*net*mak`ing, n.
The art or occupation of making the finer articles of
household furniture.
Cabinetwork
Cabinetwork Cab"i*net*work` (-w[^u]rk`), n.
The art or occupation of working upon wooden furniture
requiring nice workmanship; also, such furniture.
Cannabine
Cannabine Can"na*bine, a. [L. cannabinus.]
Pertaining to hemp; hempen. [R.]
Carabine
Carabine Car"a*bine, n. (Mil.)
A carbine.
Carabineer
Carabineer Car`a*bi*neer", n.
A carbineer.
RabinetRabinet Rab"i*net, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Mil.)
A kind of small ordnance formerly in use. [Written also
rabanet.] --Ainsworth. Sabine
Sabine Sa"bine, a. [L. Sabinus.]
Of or pertaining to the ancient Sabines, a people of Italy.
-- n. One of the Sabine people.
SabineSabine Sab"ine, n. [F., fr. L. Sabina herba, fr. Sabini the
Sabines. Cf. Savin.] (Bot.)
See Savin. sabineSavin Sav"in, Savine Sav"ine, n. [OE. saveine, AS.
safin[ae], savine, L. sabina herba. Cf. Sabine.] [Written
also sabine.] (Bot.)
(a) A coniferous shrub (Juniperus Sabina) of Western Asia,
occasionally found also in the northern parts of the
United States and in British America. It is a compact
bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small
berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops
are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrh[oe]a,
etc.
(b) The North American red cedar (Juniperus Virginiana.) tabinetTabbinet Tab"bi*net, n. [Cf. Tabby.]
A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface. [Written also
tabinet.] TabinetTabinet Tab"inet, n.
See Tabbinet. --Thackeray.
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