CABUS or Cab, an Hebrew Measure, the sixth part of a Seah or Satum; and the eighteenth part of an Epha. A Cab1 contained two pints ⁵⁄₆ of our Corn Measure. A quarter Cab was the Measure of Dove’s Dung, or a sort of chich-pease, called by this name, which was sold at Samaria during the Siege of this City for five Shekels. This quarter of a Cab contained something above half a pint. It is called likewise Log or Robah. A Cab is very different from a Cad or Cadus.
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Translators’ note. A Cab contained three Pints ⅓ of our Wine Measure, and two Pints ⅚ of our Corn Mea- sure. Arbuth. Tables of antient Coins, Weights and Measures. ↩