Meaning of cabbin | Babel Free

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of cabin.

alt-of, obsolete

Examples

“----When our Boston sea Captain, therefore, came into Broadway, a Virginian comes a-board of him--and as he goes down into the cabbin, had to stoop a little, because the cabbin was low--for, as I said before, the sloop was 60 tons, although our religious sea-captain entered but 40 tons at the Naval-Office: Howsomever he had a reserve⟳ of conscience, for the Naval-Officer charged him for light⟳ money, when there was not one light-house in all the ancient dominion.”

“This Gabriel declared vnto me that they had saued both the ankers and our hauser, and after we had thus communed, I caused 4 or 5 of them to goe into my cabbin, where I gaue them figs and made them such cheere as I could.”

“Accordingly, when this youth came on board⟳, he called him into his cabbin, and immediately addressed him in the most impressive manner, to the following effect.”

“Called up about 4 of the clock and so dressed myself and so on board⟳ the Bezan, and there finding all my company asleep I would not wake⟳ them, but it beginning to be break⟳ of day I did stay⟳ upon the decke walking, and then into the Maister's cabbin and there laid and slept a little, and so at last⟳ was waked by Captain Cocke's calling of me, and so I turned out, and then to chat and talk⟳ and laugh⟳, and mighty merry.”

“This was my plot, I knewe a peece of seruice of intelligence, which was presently to bee done, that required a man with all his fiue senses to effect it, and would ouefthrow anie foole that should vndertake it, to this seruice did I animate and egge my foresayd costes and charges, alias, senior veluet-cappe, whose head was not encombered with too much forecast, and comming to him in his cabbin about dinner time, where I found him verie deuoutly paring of his nailes for want⟳ of other repast, I entertained him with this solemne oration.”

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