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▪ I. caballing, vbl. n.|kəˈbælɪŋ|
[cf. cabal v. + -ing1.]
Petty plotting, intriguing.
a1680Butler Rem. (1759) I. 425 Their caballing is the same thing exactly with packing of Cards. 1714Mandeville Fab. Bees (1733) II. 34 The court of Rome is..the best school to learn the art of caballing. 1722Minute-Bk. in A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock (1864) 36 To prevent cabbawlling..by the servants. 1866Cornh. Mag. Oct. 435 That petty partisanship and caballing which are the curse of convents.
▪ II. caˈballing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That cabals or intrigues.
a1700Dryden (J.) What those caballing captains may design. 1831Lytton Godolph. xviii, A sordid and caballing faction. |