Also kab. [Heb. qab, prop. hollow or concave vessel, f. [Hebrew] to curve, hollow out.] A Hebrew dry measure, according to the Rabbins the sixth part of a seah; about 25/6 imperial pints.
1535. Coverdale, 2 Kings vi. 25. The fourth parte of a Cab of doues donge worth fyue syluer pens. 1611 ibid. kab.
1631. R. H., Arraignm. Whole Creature, iv. 29. Worse meate than huskes,… yea old Shooes and leather…: yea, Cabs, and Doves dung.
1710. S. Palmer, Proverbs, 364. In Two Cabs of Dates there is One Cab of Stones.
