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cabbagen.1 Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French caboche. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman kaboche, caboge, caboze, Anglo-Norman and Middle French (Normandy and Picardy) caboche (French (now slang) caboche ) head (a1170 in Old French as caboce , 13th cent. as caboche ; regional (Channel Islands) also ‘cabbage’) < ca- , prefix forming a number of (often slang) French words, of disputed origin + Old French boce (Middle French, French bosse ) boss n.1 The plant sense probably arose (probably within English) by association with the etymologically unrelated Middle French cabus (French cabus ) cabbage (13th cent. in Old French as noun, 1393 as adjective in choulx cabus (plural) ‘cabbages’) < Old Occitan cabus cabbage (13th cent. and 1454 in two apparently isolated attestations), ultimately < an unattested post-classical Latin suffixal derivative of classical Latin caput head (see caput n.).Forms in Italian. Compare Italian cappuccio (1487 in a regional (Venice) text as †capuccio ; c1350 as †gambugio ), Italian regional (Piedmont) cabüs , (Lombardy) gabüs , gambüs , (Emilia-Romagna) gabùs , denoting the plant, of uncertain origin (see further M. Cortelazzo & P. Zolli Dizionario etimologico della lingua italiana (ed. 2, 1999) at cappuccio); the relationship of this to the Occitan and French nouns is unclear. Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch at caput regards the Italian noun as the etymon of the Old Occitan, and hence the French, nouns, but it has alternatively been suggested (on chronological grounds) that the Italian noun may instead be a loan < either Old Occitan or French. The relatively scarce attestation of the Old Occitan noun is due to its popular register. Note on first quot. Quot. 1391 at sense 1a shows a vernacular plural form caboches in a Latin context. This form is here taken as showing the plural of the English noun, on the grounds that a sense ‘cabbage’ is apparently not attested for Anglo-Norman caboche ‘head’, but it is nevertheless possible that this contextual semantic development from ‘head’ to ‘cabbage’ could have taken place in Anglo-Norman. Forms in other Germanic languages. Compare Dutch kabuis (1360 in Middle Dutch as cambuys , originally in the compound cambuys cool : see cabbage cole n.) and Old High German kabuz (Middle High German kabez , kappaz , kappez , kappūs , etc., German (now regional (chiefly western and south-western) Kappes , Kappus , (Switzerland) Kabis , Chabis ), which directly or indirectly show borrowings of the post-classical Latin suffixal derivative noun, in the case of Dutch probably via French. Semantic development. Sense 4, which appears to be unparalleled among the senses of both French caboche and French cabus , probably shows an extended use of sense 1a; compare earlier cabbage v.1 1. In my (little) cabbage at sense 5 partly after French mon chou, used as a term of endearment (1752 in this sense; also mon petit chou). In sense 7 after the corresponding sense of French chou chou n. 2. In sense 8 with allusion to the green colour of the reverse side of U. S. dollar banknotes. Form history. The β. forms show a voiced affricate in the final syllable (compare the ε. forms at rubbish n., adj., and int.). Grammatical agreement. In U. S. regional (chiefly south Midland and New England) usage, the word is also recorded with plural agreement (first half of the 20th cent., now rare). I. Senses relating to plants. 1. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > cabbage or kale > [noun] > cabbage the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > cabbage or kale > cabbage 1391 in L. T. Smith (1894) 78 (MED) Pro sinape, oleribus, caboches, et aliis herbis et lekes. a1425 (a1399) Forme of Cury (BL Add.) 6 in C. B. Hieatt & S. Butler (1985) 99 Take caboches and quarter hem, and seeth hem in gode broth. ?c1425 Recipe in (Arun. 334) (1790) 426 Take cabaches and cut hom on foure..and let hit boyle. a1492 W. Caxton tr. (1495) i. lxxiii. f. cxviii/1 He laboured the gardins, sewe the seedes for cabochis & colewortes. 1539 T. Elyot (new ed.) ii. viii. f. 22v (heading) Colewortes and cabages. 1570 P. Levens sig. Aiv/1 A Cabage, herbe. 1580 (rev. ed.) C 1 Cabage, or colewoort. Brassica..Cabage, or cole cabage. Brassica capitata. 1580 J. Lyly (new ed.) f. 78 As little agreement.., as is betwixt the Vine and the Cabish. 1688 R. Holme ii. 64/2 The Colewort is the same to the Cabbach. 1699 J. Evelyn 17 'Tis scarce an hundred Years since we first had Cabbages out of Holland. 1719 G. London & H. Wise (ed. 7) 199 Pancaliers, or Millan-Cabbages, which produce small headed Cabbages for Winter. 1775 N. Cresswell 5 July (1925) 95 The rest plundered about the plantation and got some young cabbages. 1852 N. Hawthorne viii. 80 I don't know what his brain is made of, unless it be a Savoy cabbage. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato II. 195 Cabbages or other country herbs which are fit for boiling. 1906 U. Sinclair xxvii. 337 Suddenly, at the corner, he came upon a green-grocery, with a tray full of cabbages in front of it. 1959 32 Brassica. The family name for vegetables of the cabbage variety—broccoli, savoys, sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage and such. 2008 J. Quinn iii. 28 Somewhere hidden among the onions and cabbages in the barrack garden is the rain-gauge, from which my father will take daily rainfall readings. 1562 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli i. f. 24 You shal take the leaues of Mallowes rootes and al the rootes of wilde or marshe Mallowes, of holye Hocke, Violets, Cabbage..of eche a handeful and a half. 1620 T. Venner vii. 135 The great, hard, and compacted heads of Cole, commonly called Cabbage. 1624 J. Smith vi. 220 Those that sow..Carrats, Cabidge, and such like. 1658 Sir T. Browne Ep. Ded. sig. A6v Cato seemed to dote upon Cabbadge. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti iii. iii. 307 They..knew how to save both their Goat and their Cabbadge. 1707 J. Mortimer xviii. 448 Great quantities of ordinary Cabbage may be raised in any ordinary Ground if well digged and wrought. 1798 W. Nicol (ed. 2) iv. v. 217 Cabbage is plentifully produced on garden land of almost any kind. 1838 Oct. 316 I once remonstrated with the gardener of a friend of mine for planting cabbage when the land was like butter and a nasty thick drizzle was falling. 1873 Sept. 594/1 We had cabbage for supper, and I knew I ought not to touch it, and that you didn't allow of it; but it looked so good. 1908 July 9/1 Cabbage is one of the best green foods and we do not know of a better one. 1946 16 Sept. 7/4 Root acreages are less this year, but more kale and cabbage is being grown. 2001 M. Steel vi. 70 As you climbed the stairs..you were greeted by the welcoming aroma of overcooked cabbage. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > leaf vegetables > [noun] > palm-cabbage the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > leaf vegetables > palm-cabbage 1638 T. Verney Let. 10 Feb. in (1853) 195 Cabiges, that grows on trees, some an hundred foot high. 1697 W. Dampier vii. 166 The Cabbage itself when it is taken out of the Leaves..is as white as Milk, and as sweet as a Nut if eaten raw. 1756 P. Browne ii. ii. 342 The Cocco-Nut Tree... The tender shoots at the top afford a pleasant green, or cabbage. 1773 J. Hawkesworth III. iii. v. 186 The few cabbage palms that we met with, were in general small, and yielded so little cabbage that they were not worth seeking. 1832 E. Lankester 175 The cabbage..is white..two feet long..thick as a man's arm. 1884 T. Christy No. 7. 15 The cabbage of one of them—the well-known Manicole—is sometimes eaten raw by travellers. 1905 J. E. Rogers i. xvii. 122 The cabbage palmetto grows, as do all palms, from a central terminal bud. This bud is the ‘cabbage’ in this genus, a tender succulent vegetable. 1935 10 Dec. 11/3 Although the cabbage or unexpanded leaves and fruit are used to make a vegetable, a preserve, or a pickle, one tree has to be sacrificed to secure one cabbage. 2006 G. W. Staples & R. F. Bevacqua in C. R. Elevitch 79 In the Philippines the cabbage is eaten raw as salad, or cooked. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. I. 154/2 The..Dog's-Wort Cotton..grows upon a Plant which the Botanists call Apocynum Cynocrambe, which signifies Dog's-Cabbage. 1764 J. Grieve tr. S. P. Krasheninnikov 131 They have three different ways of catching them: 1st. By nets placed among the sea cabbage [sc. Fucus marinus], whither the beavers retire in the night time. 1796 W. Withering (ed. 3) III. 593 Isle of Man Cabbage. Sea shores in sandy soil. Between Ramsey and the town. 1847 J. D. Hooker II. 240 The illustrious Cook first discovered and drew attention to the ‘Kerguelen's Land cabbage’ during his first voyage. 1880 21 Feb. 664/1 Caulanthus crassicaulis, Watson. ‘Wild Cabbage.’—Sometimes used as food when a better substitute cannot be found. 1902 W. G. Collingwood ii. iii. 225 Brassica monensis Huds. (Isle of Man Cabbage). Scattered along the coast to Silloth in North Cumberland. 1910 E. Heller (Univ. Calif.) 355 The open, boggy hillsides of the region are clothed with a profusion of deer cabbage. Usually it occurs in masses to the exclusion of other hillside plants. 1920 Oct. 23/2 Way up in the high altitude where squaw cabbage and sweet balsam grew and the crimson snow plant thrived. 1985 4 Feb. 14/4 Tropical grass in Hackney and warty cabbage on the Isle of Dogs are two of the discoveries made by the London Wildlife Trust. 1996 16 May 9/8 The projects, covering such endangered species as the Lundy cabbage..and Shetland pond weed, commit the Government and nature agencies to firm timetables. 2002 P. Theroux in Winter 187 ‘Skunk cabbage,’ I said. Dark red and black claw-shaped bunches of the glossy plant grew in the muddy patch near a mass of rotten wood. II. Extended and figurative uses. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [noun] > body or parts of > head and parts the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > bone at base of c1560 J. Lacy (Copland) sig. A.ii My cabage, I wyll the hounde for strife. 1611 R. Cotgrave Meule,..the cabbadge of a Deeres head. 1677 E. Coles (new ed.) Cabbage, that part of the Deers head where the horns are planted. the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] 1772 22 Ha! my little cabbage sprout! one sweet kiss to make it up, and I'll be gone.] 1840 W. M. Thackeray in 28 Oui mon chou mon ange; yase, my angel, my cabbage, quite right. 1896 C. M. Yonge i. vii. 71 ‘Ah, my dear little cabbage,’ she began, ‘I fear they will never forgive you!’ 1912 F. P. Elliott 202 ‘Your little cabbage.’ The blonde lady breathed it with tender reminiscence. 1924 J. M. Barrie 1 This wasn't the drawing-room, my cabbage; at least not in my time. 1968 ‘J. T. McIntosh’ iii. 41 Ambrose drew her close and murmured menacingly: ‘But I'm completely merciless, my little French cabbage.’ 2010 (Nexis) 29 Mar. 59 What's the point of paying them so much, eh? Answer me that, my little babushka, my little cabbage, my little troll. the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun] the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > from intellectual neglect 1844 H. Smith II. ix. 260 ‘And is this what you call fashionable life in London?’ ‘Ay, and a deuced deal wiser and pleasanter than vegetating in the country like a human cabbage.’ 1870 ‘M. Twain’ (1871) xx. 112 All this human cabbage could see was that the watch was four minutes slow. 1928 R. Campbell i. 9 What wonder if..any cabbage win the critics' praise Who wears his own green leaves instead of bays! 1969 5 Mar. 7/3 I stayed at home for nearly a year. It was awful. I became a cabbage. 1997 J. Henrick ix. 194 She has discussed with her daughter what should happen if she ever became a ‘cabbage’—her firm wish was that all life support should be switched off. 2004 C. Matthews xxx. 265 You may think I'm a little green around the edges, but I'm not a total cabbage. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > knot or rosette 1859 292 Another style of bonnet..is the Leghorn trimmed with cerise velvet, with a cabbage bow of velvet, and two rosettes of black lace. 1885 11 Apr. Wide tinsel braids put on in bands and long looped cabbage bows are the favorite trimmings of spring hats. 1895 19 Oct. 6/3 The toque worn with this had a large green velvet ‘cabbage’ at either side. 1923 14 May 15/6 A red brown crêpe de Chine cloche which turns up at the back has a huge ribbon cabbage bow of black moiré ribbon. society > trade and finance > money > [noun] 1903 K. E. Harriman 37 He..drew out a great wad of paper money. ‘Whew!’ ejaculated the humorous Billy, ‘look at th' cabbage.’ 1926 J. Black xv. 213 ‘You carry this head of cabbage, Kid,’ passing me a pack of greenbacks. 1964 5 Apr. 5/2 Cabbage is what the underworld calls money. And biscuit tins are where its kept. 1995 D. Francis xi. 198 All that cabbage spent and bugger all back. 2006 1 June 89/2 Your cabbage also buys you a fine support crew. Phrases1640 F. Quarles iii. lxxxiii. sig. O4v There is no sweetnesse in a Cabadge twice sod, or a Tale twice told. 1870 Apr. 317/2 ‘Won't you say it again, old man?’ ‘It's no use to sell your cabbages twice, says I, and I never repeats.’ 1914 K. Howard ii. 33 He might, of course, call, but again his instinct warned him that this would be rather like boiling his cabbages twice. It would be an anti-climax. 1961 M. Chase 8 I told you once. I do not chew my cabbage twice. 1981 P. de Vries (1982) 203 Even Daisy had sometimes had to chew her cabbage twice, when her Hoosier twang had met with a ‘Beg pardon?’ 2011 B. Watkins vii. 84 ‘What was that again, miss?’ I entreat... ‘I don't boil my cabbages twice,’ she hisses mysteriously. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. 1569 R. Androse tr. ‘Alessio’ iii. 7 Take of meale of Lupines, of bitter Almondes, of Baurack, of Radish seedes, of Cabage seedes, of the milke of Figges. 1640 T. Brugis ii. 147 To dry Lettice Stalkes, Artichocke Stalkes, or Cabbage Stalkes. 1652 O. Felltham 29 If you see him fat he hath been rooting in a Cabbage ground and that bladdered him. 1751 J. Eliot 5 Millet..is a small Grain..of the bigness of Turnep or Cabbage Seed. 1790 E. Burke 224 The tenant-right of a cabbage-garden..the very shadow of a constructive property. View more context for this quotation 1816 J. Austen III. vi. 84 Cabbage-beds would have been enough to tempt the lady. View more context for this quotation 1828 Mar. 388 The seat of honour sorely peeled, beyond the relieving power of dock-leaf and cabbage blade. 1844 B. Disraeli II. v. iii. 246 The interruption of a cabbage-stalk was represented as a question from some intelligent individual in the crowd. 1851 H. Mayhew I. 339/2 I picked out of the gutter, and eat like a dog—orange-peel and old cabbage-stumps. 1863 3rd Ser. 3 344 The old ‘Shandy’ garden..is staked out into three cabbage-garths. 1887 J. K. Laughton in IX. 435/2 During Smith O'Brien's ‘cabbage-garden’ rebellion. 1907 18 Sept. 4/4 Plastery little red and white cottages and villas set at all angles among cabbage-plots. 1973 C. A. Wilson vi. 196 As an alternative, beet leaves, lettuce leaves, alexanders, smallage, tender cabbage shoots and other greens could be puréed and eaten with a dressing of oil. 2008 T. B. Walters ii. 22/1 One of the secrets to growing cabbages in a small home garden is to plant out only one or two cabbage seedlings at a time. (b) 1770 A. Young II. v. i. 95 Marked twelve perches of cabbage land in field L*, the middle of April 1766. 1837 J. L. Williams 54 The waters..run south, into the Everglades, by a very crooked rise of cabbage land. 1997 B. Simpson 4 Cabbage land, where our pungent Brassacae are harvested with machetes. 1587 T. Dawson (new ed.) sig. B Lay them vpon the sippets also & the cabbadge leaues lay vpon the Mallard. 1647 J. Cleveland 3 A fine story of Tom Thumbe sitting under a Cabbadge leafe. 1731 Jan. (1806) 12/1 The first appearance of them is in a sort of spawn, spread over the cabbage leaves. a1895 in (1895) III. 390 Birthday addresses..should not creep along like mildrops down a cabbage leaf, but roll in a torrent of poetical metaphor. 1927 F. Balfour-Browne ii. 56 A little of the essential oil extracted from a cabbage leaf and smeared on paper will induce the cabbage butterfly to lay her eggs there. 2006 Aug. 58/4 Wearing fridge-cold savoy cabbage leaves inside your bra will help to soothe the pain. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > cabbage or kale > cabbage > young 1638 in (1986) 167 For 400 of cabidge plants 8s. 1736 ii. iii. 280 Transplant some Cabbage-plants of the Sugar-loaf Kind. 1854 15 ii. 408 Cabbage plants are pricked in in March. 1906 June 48/1 Five days earlier, cabbage plants were set between the second crop of radishes. 2000 8 July 8/1 (advt.) For Sale: Cabbage plants, different varieties. Tom Moran, Carramore, Shrule. ?a1475 Noble Bk. Cookry in at Caboche To mak cabages wortis, tak whit cabage..and parboile them..put fat brothe of beef in a pot..put in thy cabages..all to brokene. 1697 tr. M. Flamand 95 Give the Woman a Dram of the Powder of Fennel-seed in Cabbage-Broath, or in a Glass of White-Wine. 1740 M. Pennyman i. 13 We went to Dinner on what the House afforded, which was Cabbage-Soup, Beef, Cold-Mutton, and admirable Cheshire-Cheese. 1808 D. MacDonald 254 Cabbage Pudding. Bruise a pound of beef suet, a pound of lean veal, and a small scalded cabbage. 1881 8 Oct. 165/1 Everything is charming except the cabbage-pie at luncheon. 1895 S. G. Wilson xiii. 237 We had cabbage-dumplings, grape molasses, taffy, rose-leaf preserves, watermelon preserves, fig sauce, and cream from the cow. 1915 M. Fell tr. A. Chekhov 52 There would be pickles and cabbage pasties and baked fish—oh, how hungry I was! 1938 14 Apr. 10/2 A creamy cabbage soup followed, and then sole and fresh English-grown mushrooms. 1995 L. Kleypas 178 Picking up her fork, she toyed with the cabbage soufflé on her plate. 2009 ‘R. Keeland’ tr. S. Larsson xx. 391 She took stock of the cabbage stew with resignation. C2. Similative. ?1620 S. Rowlands Paire of Spy-Knaves in sig. C3v His cabage ruffe, of the outrageouse size, Starched in colour to beholders eyes. 1978 D. Yarwood 346/1 Some styles were made with folds in unsymmetrical form..; because of their resemblance to the curling leaves of cabbage or lettuce, these were known as cabbage or lettuce ruffs. 1612 S. Rowlands sig. B3 Let vs haue standing Collers, in the fashion..Great Cabbage-shooestrings (pray you bigge enough). ?1624 G. Chapman in tr. 12 (note) The cabbage-eater. 1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons i. iii. 34 They will undertake, the ordering of trees, which is a peculiar science, not to be attained amongst the Cabbage-planters. 1771 J. W. Baker 37 A strong lesson to the cabbage farmer, that he is not to rest his whole dependence for winter pasture upon the hard cabbage. 1867 19 Oct. 9/4 The common cabbage soup of the Russian soldier—the great cabbage-eater of modern human races—is not so bad as it looks. 1884 6 Dec. 725/2 The eyes of those poor cabbage-growers down there. 1924 25 Oct. 13/3 An overproduction of cabbage..is named as the cause of the slump in prices, according to a local cabbage buyer. 2006 Mar. 256/2 Cabbage lovers will appreciate the colcannon topping. C4. 1891 Jan. 62 They can usually be reached with the power afforded by a knapsack sprinkler, such as was recommended for cabbage aphids. 1971 C. Johansen in R. E. Pfadt (ed. 2) vi. 188 Examples include..control of the cabbage aphid in England with system insecticides applied as soil treatments. 2009 G. Stebbings vii. 123 Mealy cabbage aphids can be hard pests to spot because they are grey, the same colour as cabbage leaves. 1844 3 137 The cabbage aphis is easily distinguished from the other kinds by its singular mealy appearance and its greasy feel. 1891 5 Feb. The cabbage aphis or louse was very abundant last year. 1944 R. Matheson xii. 244 The cabbage aphis, Brevicoryne brassicae , is a pest of cabbage, cauliflower, and related plants. the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) > miscellaneous narcotic drugs from plants 1777 (Royal Soc.) 67 508 Fresh cabbage-bark tastes mucilaginous. 1823 T. Roughley ii. 122 The practice of giving cabbage bark to such children as a vermifuge..is pregnant with danger. 1903 4 72 The cabbage-bark (Andira inermis) follows the same habit but usually puts out a new foliage long before the rainy season. 2009 C. Salisbury & K. Salisbury ii. 199 I had selected..cabbage bark for its strength and response to steam bending, and mahogany for its beauty. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > cabbage-bark tree 1777 (Royal Soc.) 67 507 The Cabbage-bark tree, or Worm-bark tree, grows in..Jamaica. 1814 J. Lunan I. 130 Cabbage Bark Tree..is chiefly remarkable on account of the quality of its bark, which has been found to be an excellent vermifuge. 1901 O. F. Cook (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 47 A leguminous tree called ‘cabbage tree’ or ‘cabbage bark tree’, on account of its disagreeable odor, resembling that of the well-known vegetable. 1999 S. Hubbell (2000) 142 I stood at the base of the cabbage bark tree, which leaned out over the creek, and looked up at the series of aluminium ladders..bolted to the tree. 1865 97 The bulk was made up of a sort of cabbage beetle, or flea, jet black, of small size, with a hard shell. 1906 1 70/1 I have observed two distinct species feeding on the same plant, one Haltica oleracea, the ordinary cabbage beetle, and Phyllotreta nemorum, the turnip flea. 1997 A. Prakash & J. Rao a. 204 Its leaf extract..[was] reported to be toxic to the rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae..and also to the cabbage beetle, Phaedon brassicae. 2010 79 1391 (title) A comparison of female fitness between monogamy and polyandry in the cabbage beetle, Colaphellus bowringi. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Pieridae > genus Pieris > pieris brassicae (cabbage butterfly) the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Pieridae > genus Pieris > pieris rapae 1703 J. Petiver ix. 85 The Greater White Cabbage-Butterfly. This and the next produce Caterpillars which feed on the Cabbage. 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence II. xxvii. 475 The larva of the cabbage-butterfly (Papilio Brassicæ). 1901 M. C. Dickerson i. 110 Our common white butterfly is the Cabbage butterfly, so called because its larvæ feed on cabbage. 1997 J. Updike 271 The days shorten and the insect population grows sluggish and terminal, but for a few..aimlessly bobbing cabbage butterflies. 1658 tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects ii. v, in (new ed.) II. 1041 When she had devoured some Cabbage Catterpillers in the garden, after much vomiting, her belly swelled. 1763 R. Brookes IV. xi. 208 The cabbage Caterpillar does a great deal of mischief among those plants, in dry seasons, but it is killed by the rain. 1881 15 145 I placed ten cabbage caterpillars (Pieris rapæ Schrank), in each of two small wooden boxes. 1904 July 309/2 The best protection against cabbage caterpillars is to spray with paris green or hellebore. 2004 S. Lovejoy 130 Over the course of three hours, they [sc. chickadees] rid my gardens of several hundred of the destructive cabbage caterpillars. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > cabbage or kale > [noun] > cabbage the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > cabbage or kale > cabbage 1577 ii. i. 6 The Cabedge Cole or white Cabedge, may be sowen thick in beds. 1655 393 To sow Cabage coles at Bartholomew tyde, and to take them up in the latter end of February and set them againe, and they will be Cabages at Midsomer. 1712 H. Curzon II. 16 He may, at the New Moon, sow the Seeds of Marjoram, Thyme, Violets;..at Old Moon, Artichoaks, Cabbage-Cole, Gillyflowers, and Parsnips. 1877 Feb. 38 In the works of the early English authors upon gardening, the term Cabbage Cole is frequently used to distinguish those with firm heads from other kinds. 1777 J. Lightfoot I. 296 [Trollius europæus] Lucken-Gowan, i. e. Cabbage-Daisie. Scotis. 1888 4 107 The globe flower, although only found in gardens with us, is wild in Scotland, where it grows plentifully, and is called the locken-gowan or cabbage daisy. 1902 F. E. Hulme 7th ser. 56 It [sc. the globe flower] has sometimes been called in the north of England the cabbage daisy, a name that commences admirably well, as the overlapping sepals are certainly suggestive of a little yellow cabbage. 1709 E. Ward v. 55 They had the wit to..change their Cabbage-Diet into Substantial Beef. 1855 Dec. 586 His first patient was a blacksmith, to whom he prescribed a cabbage diet. 1926 Aug. 248/1 The rat that ate rice..lived eighty-five days, while the one that was placed on a cabbage diet lasted but forty days. 2006 S. Kay vi. 105 Diet drinks, diet pills, cabbage diets, starvation diets—you name it, I tried it. 1764 S. Foote ii. 30 A journeyman tailor! A rascal, has he the impudence to transpire to be mayor? This cross-leg'd cabbage-eating son of a cucumber. 1869 Feb. 67 The Germans are rapidly converting us into a cabbage-eating nation. 1908 19 187 The sharp, crushing, cabbage-eating jaws of the caterpillar. 2003 R. McClain xxix. 168 Italians get really pissed off when one of their women marries a foreigner, especially a cabbage eating Czech asshole. 1789 J. Abercrombie 217 Rape is a biennial plant of the cabbage family and open colewort tribe, cultivated in gardens principally as a small sallad herb. 1849 165/1 There is scarcely any crop so useful and so hardy as the various branches of the Cabbage family, and we hold it almost the highest in estimation after the potato. 1925 3 Jan. 13/6 It is seldom wise to grow any of the cabbage family successively on the same site. 2010 R. Stirzaker ii. 16 The cabbage family grows best when it starts in the warmth of the late summer and then matures into the winter. a1706 J. Evelyn in (2001) ii. xiii. 309 Who dos not admire the pretty spotted Lady-Cow the Nimble Tiquett or Cabbage Flea. 1855 C. McIntosh II. 115/1 Altica concinna, the brassy cabbage-flea. 1921 (Sutton & Sons) (ed. 16) 422 The Cabbage Flea (Haltica oleracea) in some districts is equally troublesome. 1844 W. Gaylord in 3 136 The cucumber flea-beetle, Haltica pubescens, and turnip or cabbage flea-beetle, Haltica striolata, are the most common and voracious. 1931 K. M. Smith ix. 121 (heading) Psylliodes chrysocephala Linn. Cabbage Flea Beetle. 1997 110 74/1 The normal distribution of cabbage flea beetles around a release point. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie ii. vi. vi. 189 Lastly, there are some called Choux Fleurs, i. e. Cabbage Flowers, and by the English Collyflowers, which are the most noble and valuable of them all. 1738 E. Chambers (ed. 2) at Digestion It seems impossible to explain why certain things easy to grind, e.g. cabbage flowers, cannot be digested in certain stomachs. 1859 C. Darwin iv. 99 Yet the pistil of each cabbage-flower is surrounded not only by its own six stamens, but by those of the many other flowers on the same plant. 1916 R. Calder-Marshall & P. L. Bryant I. ii. v. 91 The cauliflower..is a cluster (corymb) of forced cabbage flowers. 2009 (Nexis) 29 Dec. 19 Beneficial insects flock in great clouds to the nectar in cabbage flowers. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > family Muscidae > anthomyia brassicae (cabbage-fly) 1805 T. H. Horne vii. 457 The whipping of the plants with green elder twigs, or boughs, will secure them from the attacks of the cabbage-fly. 1931 9 Jan. 50/1 It has been found possible to make cabbage plants stronger and more resistant to the attacks of cabbage fly, Phorbia brassicae (Bouché) by the addition of sodium nitrate or ammonium sulphate to the surrounding soil. 1993 30 701/2 Certain chemical control measures may actually increase the infestation of brassica crops with the cabbage fly. 1875 19 Feb. 7/3 There are some patches of fair looking timber, but being cabbage gum it is not of great value. 1956 A. C. C. Lock 171 At last we reached some black soil plains, out of which rose some cabbage gums, so called because the smell they exude resembles that of boiled cabbage. 2005 A. Fairley & D. Waterhouse i. 19 Cabbage Gum (E. amplifolia) may be found along creek lines. It resembles Forest Red Gum but has clusters of 11 to 15 flowers. the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun] 1682 A. Behn iv. ii. 51 Thou foul filthy Cabbage head. 1721 R. Bentley 37 The Dutch Orator suppos'd, that all Men of Common Sense would read his Meaning backwards; but he met with an English Cabbage-head, that takes him to be in good Earnest. a1722 E. Lisle (1757) 381 It [sc. earthing up cabbages] would make them take fresh roots, whereby they would better in their stem support their cabbage-heads, which otherwise would be flung by the wind. 1865 1 369 We hear persons whose talents are rather of the solid than the brilliant order familiarly spoken of as ‘cabbage heads’. 1871 20 July 52/1 A Cabbage head is only a large bud with compact leaves and shortened axis, resting for a period and accumulating starch. 1931 H. A. Jones & S. L. Emsweller xvii. 161 The cabbage head grows from the inside. 2001 19 Nov. 7/2 In the latest installment of ‘Charlie's Soapbox’..he calls government-knocking pundits ‘cabbage heads’. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > palm leaves > types of 1846 E. R. Eastlake xcvi. 165/1 His dress is the same as that of Pisistratus and Guy—white vest and trowsers; loose neckcloth;..broad cabbage-leaf hat. 1906 July 385/2 The youth..peered at the Judge from the solemn shade of his cabbage-leaf hat brim. 1991 (Nexis) 22 June 40 The men made cabbage leaf hats and sandals which were hawked around the township. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > leaf vegetables > [noun] > lettuce > types of lettuce the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > leaf vegetables > lettuce > types of ?1537 T. Elyot ii. viii. f. 24v All be it Scariole callyd whyte Endyue, hauynge the toppes of the leaues tourned in, and layde in the erthe..and couered, becommeth whyte and crispe, lyke to the great stalkes of cabage lettyse, which are in wynter taken vp and eaten. 1629 J. Parkinson ii. xxx. 498 The Venice Lettice is an excellent Cabbage Lettice. 1737 (ed. 2) i. ii. 175 The largest and hardest Cabbage-Lettuce you can get. 1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ 106 At the head of modern salads stands the lettuce, divisible into two classes; namely, Cabbage Lettuces, and Cos or Upright Lettuces. 1911 T. Smith 98 The cabbage lettuce should be ready for market by the second week in March. 2003 (Nexis) 19 Apr. 54 The standard lettuce is the butterhead, or cabbage lettuce of Peter Rabbit fame, the sort with a soft, round heart surrounded by floppy outer leaves. the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] > in appearance the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [adjective] 1818 1 Nov. 43 Level plains, and clumps of cabbage-looking trees, with here and there a country seat naked and unsheltered by a shrub, fatigue the traveller by their uniform sameness. 1898 3 Nov. 4/1 I said I knew 'ow many beans made 5..and if I wor cabbage-looking I woren't green. 1922 J. Joyce ii. xii. [Cyclops] 299 Gob, he's not as green as he's cabbagelooking. 2001 (Nexis) 5 Apr. 11 Kale (that cabbage-looking vegetable that some people think is only for decoration). 1883 (State Board Agric. S. Carolina) 272 Plusia brassicae Riley. (Cabbage looper). 1939 R. L. Watts & G. S. Watts 231 Cabbage loopers may become numerous in the fall or last brood in which event they inflict very serious injury unless controlled. 2002 Mar. 14/2 Destroy cabbage loopers when you see them. 1869 A. S. Packard 411 The Cabbage maggot, the larva of A[nthomyia] brassicæ Bouché, a common fly in Europe, has been found in Michigan to be injurious to the cabbage. 1944 R. Matheson xvii. 423 The cabbage maggot (Hylemyia brassicae) is a serious pest on cabbages. 2003 38 525 Water-pan traps in the field indicated four generations..of cabbage maggot adults, Delia radicum (L.), in upstate New York. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > mamestra brassicae 1809 A. H. Haworth ii. 191 The Cabbage Moth. 1931 K. M. Smith vii. 78 The caterpillars of the cabbage moth bore into the heart of the plant to a greater extent. 2004 26 Aug. 982/1 The larva of the cabbage moth (Mamestra brassicae) is a voracious creature that feeds on a wide variety of vegetable leaves and is a serious pest for farmers. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > net for vegetables 1642 Thomason Tracts CXXVII. No. 18. A4 He met with a fellow that was rideing to Warwicke, but stayed there by chance to drinke, to sell Cabbage Nets, to boyle Cabbage in. 1742 W. Shenstone xxvi Apples, with Cabbage-net y-cover'd o'er. 1834 F. Marryat I. xiv. 224 Officers who boil their 'tators in a cabbage-net hanging in the ship's coppers. 1900 30 May 7/5 These sticks always have a fool kid at one end and a muslin cabbage net at the other; and they fish for what they can catch. 2003 M. Sedgwick i. iii They hurried to the broch, but Mouse stumbled, catching her feet in the cabbage net. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > areca palms the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > palmetto trees or fan-palms the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > palms yielding fibre or thatching materials 1770 J. Cook 8 June (1955) I. 339 The trees we saw were a small kind of Cabbage Palms. 1773 J. R. Forster Jrnl. 13 May in (1982) II. 277 Our Sailors called them the Cabbage-palm, but it is different; though the middle most leaves may be eaten & taste almost like sweet fresh Almonds. 1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt iii. 72 My companions suffered by eating too much of the cabbage-palm. 1853 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt III. xxx. 211 The cylinders of palmetto, improperly called ‘the cabbage palm’, three feet long, and five to six inches thick. 1942 S. Kennedy 3 Folks outside the region usually think of the palmetto as the tall palm which is locally called the swamp cabbage or cabbage palm. 2001 Mar. 30/4 The land will remain a vital stretch of live and laurel oak trees, cabbage palms, and saw palmettos. 2005 C. Holliday 157/1 Its focal point is a cabbage palm, Cordyline australis, imported from a specialist nursery as a mature specimen. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > areca palms 1802 J. Drayton 66 Cabbage palmetto. 1913 26 Feb. 6/4 Our landing was in a cluster of cabbage palmetto, which grew everywhere very profusely, showing we were on higher ground. 2003 69 283 Dominants are cabbage palmetto, one or more species of evergreen oak and sweetgum. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > palmetto trees or fan-palms the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > palms yielding fibre or thatching materials 1773 ii. 107 They also saw several young cabbage palm-trees, and a new species of Pardanus [sic], or palm-nut. 1854 B. Jaeger 85 The Cabbage Palm-tree has the same general appearance as the Cocoa-palm, but its fruits are not larger than peas. 1961 N. Roy (1989) 186 He came to the root of an aged cabbage-palm tree, under which he had spotted many pieces of canoe-shaped bark and limbs it had discarded over the years. 2001 109 409 The nest subsequently grew up through and extended above the broken stump and into the fronds of a cabbage palm tree. 1879 (U.K. Comm. Council on Educ.) App. D. 576 1 Case of Onion and Cabbage Root Flies. 1959 A. Beaumont ix. 113 All these crops are susceptible to cabbage root fly damage and it is an advantage to combine root fly and club root control measures in the one operation. 2005 Dec. 85/3 Cabbage root flies look similar to the small houseflies which emerge in April. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > rose > types of rose flower or bush 1727 B. Langley v. xi. 175 Fourthly, The Cabbage Rose. 1872 15 Feb. 150/2 My garden is very small, it contains Cabbage Roses giving a supply of blooms for one month in the year. 1929 S. Lewis xi. 115 He could never forget one minutest detail:..a wing chair in cretonne with cabbage roses; the mahogany escritoire, with elegant books of English memoirs. 2009 P. Schneider 29/1 Centifolias are also known as cabbage roses because of the way their petals fold over rather than for their size. 1830 3 247 This year they were even more numerous than even the common Cabbage White. 1891 1 312 He believed the Hessian Fly was no more a recent introduction than the Cabbage White Butterflies. a1933 J. A. Thomson (1934) I. xiii. 296 Caterpillars of the cabbage whites..are often disastrously abundant. 1991 G. MacBeth i. 12 I saw a cabbage white today, and then two other butterflies, tortoiseshells I think, on the roughcast wall above the terrace. 2004 Dec. 80/2 And whenever I see cabbage white caterpillars I pick them off. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > palm the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > silk-cotton trees 1829 (Soc. for Diffusion Useful Knowl.) ii. viii. 354 The wood of the areca palm, or cabbage palm of South America, is sometimes used in ornamental furniture, under the name of cabbage wood. 1843 C. Holtzapffel I. 99 Partridge-wood..is also known as Cabbage-wood... It is now principally used for walking sticks, umbrella and parasol sticks, and in cabinet-work and turning. 1885 A. B. Ellis i. 9 Tree-ferns and cabbage-wood grow luxuriantly on the main ridge of mountains [in St Helena]. 1908 (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) No. 4. 149 A specimen collected by Burke..is very like the glaucous-leaved cabbage-wood..so common on dry kopjies throughout the Transvaal high veld. 1909 C. S. Osborn II. xvi. 164 These balsas or rafts of cabbage wood are made from the trunks of ceibo or cabbage wood trees and are often fifty feet long or more. 1937 G. Mossop xiv. 219 I was standing near a tall, slender cabbage wood tree about a foot in diameter at the base. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Pieridae > genus Pieris > pieris brassicae (cabbage butterfly) > larva the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > defined by parasitism or feeding > that destroys or eats plants > that devours cabbage 1668 W. Charleton 53 Brassicaria..the Cabbage-Worm. 1724 J. Saunders 228 Worms bred on Herbs, Plants and Trees, such as the..Cabbage Worm. 1880 (new ed.) 265 Cabbage-worm..colewort-worm, or grub. 1939 Aug. 199 The cabbage worm feeds on the leaf of a number of cultivated crucifers such as Choi Sum..(Brassica sp.). 1999 A. Arensberg i. iii. 36 I was much older and married before I recognized bud-wilt, black spot, cabbage worms, and leaf-miners. Derivatives 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais iii. xxvi. 214/1 Cabbage-like C[od] [Fr. c.cabus]. 1750 G. Hughes iv. 103 Having near the Top, surrounding the Heart of the Tree, many Flakes of that eatable Cabbage-like Substance. 1858 M. A. Paul xii. 120 She felt that life at Rose Cottage was a cabbage-like existence. 1955 Mar. 34/1 Large cabbage-like leaves come up later. 2009 K. Grainger iii. 38 Many vegetal characteristics such as cabbage-like smells also belong to the tertiary group. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † cabbagen.2Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: cabin n. Etymology: Probably an alteration of cabin n. (see cabin n. 4, and compare the forms with -a- in the second syllable at that entry), after words in -age suffix. Obsolete. rare. the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > dwelling place or shelter 1567 J. Maplet f. 92 He hath his cabbage in the yearth with two contrary wayes vndermined to enter into it, or to run out of it at his pleasure: verie wide at the comming in, but as narrow and straight about the mid cabbage. 1570 P. Levens sig. Aiv/1 A Cabage, bedde, stega. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2020). cabbagen.3 Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item.. Etymons: garbage n., cabbage n.1 Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a specific use of garbage n., with alteration after cabbage n.1, or perhaps an extended use of cabbage n.1, the semantic motivation being that tailors may have rolled up strips of cloth into balls which resembled heads of cabbage in appearance. Compare later cabbage v.2Compare the following quots.:1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. G2v Thou who wilt not love, doe this; Learne of me what Woman is. Something made of thredand thrumme; A meere Botch of all and some. Pieces, patches, ropes of haire; In-laid Garbage ev'ry where.1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. Aa3v Lupes for the outside of his suite has paide; But for his heart, he cannot have it made: The reason is, his credit cannot get The inward carbage for his cloathes as yet. The first quot. clearly shows an instance of garbage n., probably in a contextual specific sense ‘shreds and patches used as padding’. The second quot. may show a variant of garbage n. (although if so, that variant appears to be unparalleled elsewhere), and it could therefore be taken as providing evidence for a transitional stage between garbage n. and the present word. Alternative etymologies are that the word is < French (now slang) cabasser to set (goods) aside, to steal, to cheat, deceive (second half of the 15th cent. in Middle French), extended use of cabasser to put (goods) into a basket (15th cent.; < cabas basket, panier: see caba n.), or that it is related to Middle French cabuser to deceive, cheat (1405; < ca- , prefix (see cabbage n.1) + abuser abuse v.) and its deverbal derivative cabuse imposture, trick (c1450). However, neither of these suggestions would account for the order of senses in English; both at the noun and at cabbage v.2 the earliest attested senses relate specifically to practices of tailors, rather than to cheating or stealing in general. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > [noun] > piece of > pieces cut off in making garment 1663 iii. 56 For as Taylors preserve their Cabbage, So Squires take care of Bag and Baggage. 1719 in T. D'Urfey IV. 50 The Taylor we know he is loth To take any Cabbage at all. 1799 P. Spindleshanks 6 'Tis true you're very good at grabbage, And know to ak dy part in cabbage. 1812 R. Southey II. clxxxiv. 37 Those philosophers who have a taylorlike propensity for cabbage. 1853 J. Palliser ix. 234 I wasted the cabbage to such an extent, that before the completion of my work [i.e. a pair of buckskin trousers], I had to sacrifice another deer. 1885 O. Allan 22 I'd eat my tailor's goose and cabbage shavings. 1935 A. J. Pollock 17/1 Cabbages, bolts of stolen woolens. 1986 6 Apr. 86/3 Either the cutter or the proprietor might sell the 'cabbage' privately and not put the money through the books. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > tailor 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais lii. 203 Poor Cabbidge's hair grows through his Hood. 1697 P. A. Motteux et al. ii. 24 O, Master Cabbage, you're come in good time. 1699 B. E. Cabbage, a Taylor, and what they pinch from the Cloaths they make up. 1725 Cabbage; Taylors are so called, because of their..Love of that Vegetable. The Cloth they steal and purloin..is also called Cabbage. 1935 A. J. Pollock 17/1 Cabbage, a tailor (prison). society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [noun] > crib 1870 E. C. Brewer 129/1 Cabbage is also a common schoolboy term for a literary crib. 1891 J. S. Farmer II. 3/2 Cabbage, a translation or ‘crib’; sometimes shortened to cab. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). cabbagen.4 Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: CABG n. Etymology: Humorous respelling (after cabbage n.1) of CABG n. (compare discussion at that entry). 1976 31 May 44/3 He learned that his problem was arteriosclerosis... The suggested remedy: an operation that heart surgeons humorously call ‘a double cabbage’—from the acronym CAB (for coronary artery bypass). 1991 D. Smith 61 He was in an operating room on the fifth floor, preparing to assist a prominent senior physician in a cabbage—a coronary artery bypass graft. 2004 (Nexis) 7 Sept. Coronary artery bypass grafts, CABG or ‘cabbage’ for short, create a detour around a badly blocked artery or arteries. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). cabbagev.1Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: cabbage n.1 Etymology: < cabbage n.1 In sense 1 probably after Middle French cabacher, cabocher caboche v. In sense 2 perhaps after French †cabusser (although this is first attested slightly later: 1603; now only regional (north-western) as capucher , cabucher ; < cabus : see cabbage n.1). the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > [verb (transitive)] > hunt deer > cut off head a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in (1843) II. 23 So bygge a bulke of brow auntlers cabagyd that yere. 1530 J. Palsgrave 596/1 I kabage a deere, je cabaiche..I wyll cabage my dere, and go with you. 1575 G. Gascoigne xliii. 134 It is cut off neare to the head. And then the heade is cabaged [i.e.] cut close by the hornes through the braine pan, vntill you come vnderneath the eyes, and ther it is cut off. 1679 T. Blount 169 The Bukks heede must be cabaged with the hole face. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii, in 3rd Ser. I. 234 The head of the stag should be cabaged in order to reward them. 1855 H. W. Herbert iii. 41 The head was cabbaged, as it was called, and with the entrails, given as a reward to the fierce hounds. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [verb (intransitive)] > form a head (of cabbage, etc.) 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny II. xix. viii. 25 To make them cabbage the better and grow faire and big. 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. (rev. ed.) ii. ix. 163 The sooner you remoue your Lettuce..the sooner it will Cabbage. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Dict. in sig. a2v/2 To Cabbage or Pome, is to curl or fold up into a round firm head like a Cabbage, or an Apple. Thus not only Cabbage but Lettuce is said to Cabbage or Pome, and Artichokes are said to Pome. 1706 G. London & H. Wise I. ii. 190 You should replant Lettuces in Nursery Beds under Glasses, to have them cabbage early. 1789 J. Abercrombie 70 All the other sorts, denominated large, are for late crops in autumn and winter, grow to a large size, cabbaging principally in August, September, and October. 1806 B. M'Mahon 184 Full heads of thick fimbriate curled leaves, not cabbaging. 1863 F. Burr v. 282 It [sc. the long-headed savoy] is, however, a good kind for gardens of limited size, as it occupies little space, and cabbages well. 1907 A. T. de Mattos in tr. M. Maeterlinck 278 This latex is rarely lacking except in the young plants, whereas it becomes quite abundant when the Lettuce begins to ‘cabbage’ and when it runs to seed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). cabbagev.2Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: cabbage n.3 Etymology: Probably < cabbage n.3 (see discussion at that entry).In quot. 1703, the Spanish original uses hurtar, the usual Spanish word for ‘to steal’. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > pilfer [verb (transitive)] > as a tailor the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > pilfer [verb (intransitive)] > as a tailor 1703 P. Motteux et al. tr. M. de Cervantes III. ii. xlv. 438 He could not but imagine that..I had a mind to Cabbage some of his Cloath [Sp. él..debióse de imaginar..que..yo le quería hurtar alguna parte del paño]. 1793 W. Roberts No. 56. 444 Ben Bodkin, who had cabbaged most notoriously in the making of Sam Spruce's new coat. 1830 27 117 Our Tailor says, ‘I like not the charge of plagiarism.’ Nevertheless, he cabbages. 1863 11 July 23/1 Her cut was clumsy..costly silks and laces were extensively cabbaged. 1908 C. G. Harper I. 343 For tailors to 'cabbage' the cloth entrusted to them has always been expected. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > plagiarism > plagiarize [verb (transitive)] society > education > learning > study > [verb (transitive)] > crib 1773 319 (note) This account of the fish called the Soldier-Crab, is cabbaged from Brookesius, ch. 72. of his art of Angling. 1837 T. P. Thompson Let. 5 Apr. in 2nd Ser. 39 A speech, which..had been what schoolboys call ‘cabbaged’, from some of the forms of oration..published by way of caricature. 1882 Apr. 690/1 In the interval..appeared a long letter..which the Athenaeum charged him with having cabbaged at least the idea of from Miss Bacon. 1914 Sept. 10/1 I was proud then, but not, however, now, of its lurid phrases—most of them 'cabbaged'—with which it abounded. 1927 H. L. Mencken in 6 Mar. vii. 1/3 The plaintiff is honestly convinced that his property has been cabbaged. It is always hard for us to grasp the fact that our ideas may have occurred also to other men. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > pilfer [verb (transitive)] 1793 M. Pilkington II. xii. 134 I tells him he has robbed the dead, for he has cabbaged it [sc. a garden] out of one corner of the church-yard. 1795 XLII. 446 A new office was to be cabbaged out of the Duke of Portland's, and an obvious diminution of his credit and authority was to be proclaimed. 1836 G. Penny 86 One of them cabbaged a bottle of wine from the waiters. 1862 H. Marryat II. 387 Steelyards..sent by Gustaf Wasa as checks upon country dealers, who cabbaged, giving short weight. 1946 5 Aug. 45/2 I have cabbaged all my copy paper free at the Sun office since 1906. 1956 H. L. Mencken 141 The quacks got enormous power out of the process, and in all probability cabbaged most of their victims' property. 1995 W. Carroll 131/1 I helped tie the bike to a stanchion then cabbaged a..doughnut and bottle of warm cola. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). <  n.11391 n.21567 n.31663 n.41976v.1a1529v.21703 |
