单词 | caballing |
释义 | caballingn. Petty plotting, intriguing. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > conspiracy conspiracyc1386 conspiration1388 confederationc1530 faction1549 conspiring1561 combination1593 complotment1594 confederacy1594 complotting1607 colluding1611 compacta1616 trinketing1646 caballinga1680 cabal1738 colloguing1880 collogue1887 a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 425 Their caballing is the same thing exactly with packing of Cards. 1722 Minute-bk. in A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock (1864) 36 To prevent cabbawlling..by the servants. 1729 B. Mandeville Fable Bees ii. i. 34 The Court of Rome is..the best School to learn the Art of Caballing. 1866 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 435 That petty partisanship and caballing which are the curse of convents. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2018). caballingadj. That cabals or intrigues. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [adjective] > conspiring trafficking1592 colluding1611 conspiranta1616 colloguing1620 conspiratious1652 complotting1682 caballing1690 confederating1697 1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian iv. i. 70 What those Caballing Captains may design. 1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin I. xviii. 208 A sordid and caballing Oligarchy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.a1680adj.1690 |
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