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Definition of Caballing
1. Noun. (context: oceanography) The process whereby two water masses of differing temperatures and/or salinities mix and produce a water mass of higher density which subsequently sinks. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of cabal) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caballing
1. cabal [v] - See also: cabal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caballing
Literary usage of Caballing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sketches of Debate in the First Senate of the United States, in 1789-90-91 by William Maclay, George Washington Harris (1880)
"The part he has acted in it, I consider as candid (bating his caballing with
Johnson) and disinterested. Mr. Lee, of Virginia, was for the clause, ..."
2. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"caballing of heartless and narrow-minded courtiers, denied him the well-earned
praise that was due to his services. He was, however, on his return to St ..."
3. The Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart.: Delivered by Robert Peel (1853)
"... the motives of the step taken, it will be considered that I have vindicated
myself and my colleagues from the charge of caballing against our Sovereign. ..."
4. Biographical Memoirs of the French Revolution by John Adolphus (1799)
"... fuf- picions of his caballing with the Orleans faction to maintain his power.
... caballing ..."
5. A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, Beginning October 20, 1737: By by William Stephens (1906)
"... gave Rise to various Conjectures, as if he was growing popular, and put himself
in the Way of caballing; which some People thought would have been more ..."
6. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte ...: With a Concise History of the Events by Willem Lodewyk Van-Ess (1810)
"But history might have informed them that usurpation is built upon action ; to
leave the subjected at rest is to give them opportunities for caballing; ..."
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