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Carus (kārŭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. karos.] (Med.) Coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy.
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Carvacrol (kärvȧkrōl), n. (Chem.) A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH, of a strong taste and disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway (Carum carui).
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Carve (kärv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carved (kärvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Carving.] [AS. ceorfan to cut, carve; akin to D. kerven, G. kerben, Dan. karve, Sw. karfva, and to Gr. grafein to write, orig. to scratch, and E. -graphy. Cf. .] 1. To cut. [Obs.]
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Or they will carven the shepherd's throat. Spenser.
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2. To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave.
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Carved with figures strange and sweet. Coleridge.
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3. To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, to carve a name on a tree.
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An angel carved in stone. Tennyson.
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We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone. C. Wolfe.
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4. To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion. “To carve a capon.” Shak.
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5. To cut: to hew; to mark as if by cutting.
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My good blade carved the casques of men. Tennyson.
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A million wrinkles carved his skin. Tennyson.
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6. To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.
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Who could easily have carved themselves their own food. South.
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7. To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.
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Lie ten nights awake carving the fashion of a new doublet. Shak.
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Coloq. To carve out , to make or get by cutting, or as if by cutting; to cut out. “[Macbeth] with his brandished steel . . . carved out his passage.” Shak.
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Fortunes were carved out of the property of the crown. Macaulay.
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Carve, v. i. 1. To exercise the trade of a sculptor or carver; to engrave or cut figures.
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2. To cut up meat; as, to carve for all the guests.
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Carve, n. A carucate. [Obs.] Burrill.
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carved adj. formed by carving or having a design carved into the surface. [Narrower terms: sliced]
Syn. -- carven.
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Carvel (?), n. [Contr. fr. caravel.] 1. Same as .
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2. A species of jellyfish; sea blubber. Sir T. Herbert.
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Carvelbuilt (?), a. (Shipbuilding) Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping as in a clinker-built vessel.
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Carven (?), a. Wrought by carving; ornamented by carvings; carved. [Poetic]
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A carven bowl well wrought of beechen tree. Bp. Hall.
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The carven cedarn doors. Tennyson.
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A screen of carven ivory. Mrs. Browning.
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Carvene (?), n. [F. carvi caraway.] An oily substance, C10H16, extracted from oil caraway.
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Carver (?), n. 1. One who carves; one who shapes or fashions by carving, or as by carving; esp. one who carves decorative forms, architectural adornments, etc. “The carver's chisel.” Dodsley.
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The carver of his fortunes. Sharp (Richardson's Dict. )
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2. One who carves or divides meat at table.
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3. A large knife for carving.
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Carving, n. 1. The act or art of one who carves.
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2. A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material. “Carving in wood.” Sir W. Temple.
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3. The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving of the 15th century.
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Carvist (?), n. [A corruption of carry fist.] (Falconary) A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year. Booth.
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Carvol (?), n. (Chem.) One of a species of aromatic oils, resembling carvacrol.
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Car wheel (?), A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.
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{ Caryatic (?), Caryatid (?), } a. Of or pertaining to a caryatid.
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Caryatid (?), n.; pl. Caryatids (#). [See .] (Arch.) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster.
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Caryatides (?), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. � (�) priestesses in the temple of Diana (the Greek Artemis) at Caryæ (Gr. �), a village in Laconia; as an architectural term, caryatids.] (Arch) Caryatids.
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☞ Corresponding male figures were called Atlantes, Telamones, and Persians.
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Caryophyllaceous (?), a. [Gr. � clove tree; � nut + � leaf.] (Bot.) (a) Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink. (b) Belonging to the family of which the pink and the carnation are the types.
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Caryophyllales n. an order of plants which corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae.
Syn. -- order Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order-Chenopodiales.
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Caryophyllidae n. a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or free-central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); it contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; it corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; it is sometimes classified as a superorder.
Syn. -- subclass Caryophyllidae.
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Caryophyllin (?), n. (Chem.) A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor.
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Caryophyllous (?), a. Caryophyllaceous.
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Caryopsis (?), n.; pl. Caryopses (#). [NL., fr. gr. � hut, kernel + � sight, form.] (Bot.) A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc.
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Casa (?), n. [Sp. or It., fr. L. casa cabin.] A house or mansion. [Sp. Amer. & Phil. Islands]

I saw that Enriquez had made no attempt to modernize the old casa, and that even the garden was left in its lawless native luxuriance. Bret Harte.
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casaba n. a winter melon having a yellowish rind; -- called also casaba melon.
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Casal (?), a. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to case; as, a casal ending.
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Casanova n. 1. an Italian adventurer (Giovanni Giacomo Casanova; b. 1725; d. 1798) who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters.
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2. any man noted for his amorous adventures.
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casava n. any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
Syn. -- cassava.
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Cascabel (?), n. [Sp. cascabel a little bell, also (fr. the shape), a knob at the breech end of a cannon.] The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [See Illust. of .]
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Cascade (kăskād), n. [F. cascade, fr. It. cascata, fr. cascare to fall.] A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.
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The silver brook . . . pours the white cascade. Longjellow.
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Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. Cowper.
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Cascade, v. i. 1. To fall in a cascade. Lowell.
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2. To vomit. [Slang] Smollett.
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Cascade method. (Physics) A method of attaining successively lower temperatures by utilizing the cooling effect of the expansion of one gas in condensing another less easily liquefiable, and so on.
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Cascade system. (Elec.) A system or method of connecting and operating two induction motors so that the primary circuit of one is connected to the secondary circuit of the other, the primary circuit of the latter being connected to the source of supply; also, a system of electric traction in which motors so connected are employed. The cascade system is also called Coloq. tandem system , or Coloq. concatenated system ; the connection a Coloq. cascade connection , Coloq. tandem connection , or Coloq. concatenated connection , or Coloq. a concatenation ; and the control of the motors so obtained a Coloq. tandem control , or Coloq. concatenation control . In the cascade system of traction the cascade connection is used for starting and for low speeds up to half speed. For full speed the short-circuited motor is cut loose from the other motor and is either left idle or (commonly) connected direct to the line.
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Cascalho (?), n. [Pg., a chip of stone, gravel.] A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which the Brazilian diamond is usually found.
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cascara n. the dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative; -- called also cascara sagrada.
Syn. -- chittam bark, chittem bark.
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Cascara buckthorn (?). (Bot.) The buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshiana) of the Pacific coast of the United States, which yields cascara sagrada.
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Cascara sagrada (kȧskȧrȧ sȧgrädȧ). [Sp.] Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative; -- called also cascara.
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Cascarilla (?), n. [Sp., small thin bark, Peruvian bark, dim. of cáscara bark.] (Bot.) A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark.
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Coloq. Cascarilla bark (or Coloq. Cascarilla ) (Med.), the bark of Croton Eleutheria. It has an aromatic odor and a warm, spicy, bitter taste, and when burnt emits a musky odor. It is used as a gentle tonic, and sometimes, for the sake of its fragrance, mixed with smoking tobacco, when it is said to occasion vertigo and intoxication.
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Cascarillin (?), n. (Chem.) A white, crystallizable, bitter substance extracted from oil of cascarilla.
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Cascaron (?), n. [Sp. cascarón.] Lit., an eggshell; hence, an eggshell filled with confetti to be thrown during balls, carnivals, etc. [Western U. S.]
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Case (kās), n. [OF. casse, F. caisse (cf. It. cassa), fr. L. capsa chest, box, case, fr. capere to take, hold. See , and cf. 4th , , , 3d .]
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1. A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.
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2. A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.
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3. (Print.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or “boxes” for holding type.
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☞ Cases for type are usually arranged in sets of two, called respectively the upper and the lower case. The upper case contains capitals, small capitals, accented and marked letters, fractions, and marks of reference: the lower case contains the small letters, figures, marks of punctuation, quadrats, and spaces.
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4. An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.
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5. (Mining) A small fissure which admits water to the workings. Knight.
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Case, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Casing.] 1. To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.
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The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle. Prescott.
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2. To strip the skin from; as, to case a box. [Obs.]
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Case, n. [F. cas, fr. L. casus, fr. cadere to fall, to happen. Cf. .] 1. Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. [Obs.]
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By aventure, or sort, or cas. Chaucer.
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2. That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes.
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In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge. Deut. xxiv. 13.
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If the case of the man be so with his wife. Matt. xix. 10.
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And when a lady's in the case
You know all other things give place. Gay.
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You think this madness but a common case. Pope.
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I am in case to justle a constable, Shak.
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3. (Med. & Surg.) A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.
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A proper remedy in hypochondriacal cases. Arbuthnot.
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4. (Law) The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause.
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Let us consider the reason of the case, for nothing is law that is not reason. Sir John Powell.
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Not one case in the reports of our courts. Steele.
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5. (Gram.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word.
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Case is properly a falling off from the nominative or first state of word; the name for which, however, is now, by extension of its signification, applied also to the nominative. J. W. Gibbs.
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☞ Cases other than the nominative are oblique cases. Case endings are terminations by which certain cases are distinguished. In old English, as in Latin, nouns had several cases distinguished by case endings, but in modern English only that of the possessive case is retained.
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Coloq. Action on the case (Law), according to the old classification (now obsolete), was an action for redress of wrongs or injuries to person or property not specially provided against by law, in which the whole cause of complaint was set out in the writ; -- called also trespass on the case, or simply case. -- Coloq. All a case , a matter of indifference. [Obs.] “It is all a case to me.” L'Estrange. -- Coloq. Case at bar . See under , n. -- Coloq. Case divinity , casuistry. -- Coloq. Case lawyer , one versed in the reports of cases rather than in the science of the law. -- Coloq. Case stated or Coloq. Case agreed on (Law), a statement in writing of facts agreed on and submitted to the court for a decision of the legal points arising on them. -- Coloq. A hard case , an abandoned or incorrigible person. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. In any case , whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow. -- Coloq. In case , or Coloq. In case that , if; supposing that; in the event or contingency; if it should happen that. “In case we are surprised, keep by me.” W. Irving. -- Coloq. In good case , in good condition, health, or state of body. -- Coloq. To put a case , to suppose a hypothetical or illustrative case.

Syn. -- Situation, condition, state; circumstances; plight; predicament; occurrence; contingency; accident; event; conjuncture; cause; action; suit.
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Case, v. i. To propose hypothetical cases. [Obs.] “Casing upon the matter.” L'Estrange.
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caseate v. i. 1. to turn into cheese; -- of milk.
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2. to undergo caseation; -- of dead tissue.
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Caseation (?), n. [Cf. F. caséation. See .] (Med.) A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.
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Case-bay (?), n. (Arch.) (a) The space between two principals or girders. (b) One of the joists framed between a pair of girders in naked flooring.
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casebook n. a book in which detailed written records of cases are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work. Such books are often used as supplements to texts in law schools.
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cased adj. 1. covered or protected with or as if with a case; as, knights cased in steel.
Syn. -- encased, incased.
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2. same as ; -- of books.
Syn. -- covered.
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caseful n. the quantity contained in a case.
Syn. -- case.
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Caseharden (?), v. t. 1. To subject to a process which converts the surface of iron into steel.
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2. To render insensible to good influences.
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Casehardened (?), a. 1. Having the surface hardened, as iron tools.
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2. Hardened against, or insusceptible to, good influences; rendered callous by persistence in wrongdoing or resistance of good influences; -- said of persons.
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Casehardening, n. The act or process of converting the surface of iron into steel. Ure.
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☞ Casehardening is now commonly effected by cementation with charcoal or other carbonizing material, the depth and degree of hardening (carbonization) depending on the time during which the iron is exposed to the heat. See .
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Caseic (?), a. [Cf. F. caséique, fr. L. caseus cheese.] Of or pertaining to cheese; as, caseic acid.
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Casein (?), n. [Cf. F. caséine, fr. L. caseur cheese. Cf. .] (Physiol. Chem.) A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kingdom it is chiefly found in milk, and constitutes the main part of the curd separated by rennet; in the vegetable kingdom it is found more or less abundantly in the seeds of leguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkali albumin. [Written also caseine.]

Case knife (?). 1. A knife carried in a sheath or case. Addison.
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2. A large table knife; -- so called from being formerly kept in a case.
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Casemate (?), n. [F. casemate, fr. It. casamatta, prob. from casa house + matto, f. matta, mad, weak, feeble, dim. from the same source as E. -mate in checkmate.]
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1. (Fort.) A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.
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2. (Arch.) A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.
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Casemated (?), a. Furnished with, protected by, or built like, a casemate. Campbell.
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Casement (?), n. [Shortened fr. encasement. See , and cf. .] (Arch.) A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.
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A casement of the great chamber window. Shak.
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Casemented, a. Having a casement or casements.
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Caseose (?), n. [Casein + -ose.] (Physiol.Chem.) A soluble product (proteose) formed in the gastric and pancreatic digestion of casein and caseinogen.
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Caseous (?), a. [L. caseus. Cf. .] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy.
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Coloq. Caseous degeneration , a morbid process, in scrofulous or consumptive persons, in which the products of inflammation are converted into a cheesy substance which is neither absorbed nor organized.
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Casern (?), n. [F. caserne.] A lodging for soldiers in garrison towns, usually near the rampart; barracks. Bescherelle.
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Case shot (?). (Mil.) A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister.
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☞ In the United States a case shot is a thin spherical or oblong cast-iron shell containing musket balls and a bursting charge, with a time fuse; -- called in Europe shrapnel. In Europe the term case shot is applied to what in the United States is called canister. Wilhelm.
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Case system. (Law) The system of teaching law in which the instruction is primarily a historical and inductive study of leading or selected cases, with or without the use of textbooks for reference and collateral reading.
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Caseum (?), n. [L. caseus cheese.] Same as .
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Caseworm (?), n. (Zoöl.) A worm or grub that makes for itself a case. See .
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Cash (kăsh), n. [F. caisse case, box, cash box, cash. See a box.] A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box. [Obs.]
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This bank is properly a general cash, where every man lodges his money. Sir W. Temple.
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£20,000 are known to be in her cash. Sir R. Winwood.
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2. (Com.) (a) Ready money; especially, coin or specie; but also applied to bank notes, drafts, bonds, or any paper easily convertible into money. (b) Immediate or prompt payment in current funds; as, to sell goods for cash; to make a reduction in price for cash.
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Coloq. Cash account (Bookkeeping), an account of money received, disbursed, and on hand. -- Coloq. Cash boy , in large retail stores, a messenger who carries the money received by the salesman from customers to a cashier, and returns the proper change. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. Cash credit , an account with a bank by which a person or house, having given security for repayment, draws at pleasure upon the bank to the extent of an amount agreed upon; -- called also bank credit and cash account. -- Coloq. Cash sales , sales made for ready, money, in distinction from those on which credit is given; stocks sold, to be delivered on the day of transaction.

Syn. -- Money; coin; specie; currency; capital.
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Cash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Casing.] To pay, or to receive, cash for; to exchange for money; as, cash a note or an order.
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Cash, v. t. [See .] To disband. [Obs.] Garges.
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Cash, n. sing. & pl. A Chinese coin.
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☞ In the cash (Chinese tsien) was the only current coin made by the chinese government. It is a thin circular disk of a very base alloy of copper, with a square hole in the center. 1,000 to 1,400 cash were equivalent to a dollar.
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cashable adj. able to be converted into ready money; as, a cashable check; cashable gambling chips.
Syn. -- redeemable.
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