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Cashbook (kăshb�k), n. (Bookkeeping) A book in which is kept a register of money received or paid out.
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cashbox n. a box for holding cash.
Syn. -- money box, till.
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cashed adj. converted into currency; -- of financial instruments; as, a cashed check.
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Cashew (kȧsh�), n. [F. acajou, for cajou, prob. from Malay kāyu tree; cf. Pg. acaju, cf. .] 1. (Bot.) A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long.
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2. the cashew nut.
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Coloq. Cashew nut , the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shell by roasting the nut.
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Cashier (kăshēr), n. [F. caissier, fr. caisse. See .] One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company.
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Cashier, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cahiered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cashiering.] [Earlier cash, fr. F. casser to break, annul, cashier, fr. L. cassare, equiv. to cassum reddere, to annul; cf. G. cassiren. Cf. to annul, .] 1. To dismiss or discard; to discharge; to dismiss with ignominy from military service or from an office or place of trust.
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They have cashiered several of their followers. Addison.
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He had insolence to cashier the captain of the lord lieutenant's own body guard. Macaulay.
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2. To put away or reject; to disregard. [R.]
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Connections formed for interest, and endeared
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By selfish views, [are] censured and cashiered. Cowper.
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They absolutely cashier the literal express sense of the words. Sowth.
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Cashierer (?), n. One who rejects, discards, or dismisses; as, a cashierer of monarchs. [R.] Burke.
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Cashier's check (?). (Banking) A check drawn by a bank upon its own funds, signed by the cashier.
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Cashmere (?), n. 1. A rich stuff for shawls, scarfs, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Tibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale to Europeans.
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2. A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere.
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Coloq. Cashmere shawl , a rich and costly shawl made of cashmere; -- often called camel's-hair shawl.
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Cashmerette (?), n. A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere.
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Cashoo (?), n. [F. cachou, NL. , Cochin-Chin. cay cau from the tree called mimosa, or areca catechu. Cf. .] See .
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Cash railway. A form of cash carrier in which a small carrier or car travels upon a kind of track.
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Cash register. A device for recording the amount of cash received, usually having an automatic adding machine and a money drawer and exhibiting the amount of the sale.
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Casing (?), n. 1. The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc.
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2. An outside covering, for protection or ornament, or to precent the radiation of heat.
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3. An inclosing frame; esp. the framework around a door or a window. See , n., 4.
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Casings (?), n. pl. Dried dung of cattle used as fuel. [Prov. Eng.] Waterland.
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Casino (?), n.; pl. E. Casinos (#), It. Casini (#). [It. casino, dim. of casa house, fr. L. casa cottage. Cf. .] 1. A small country house.
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2. A building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, for dancing, etc., sometimes having gambling tables or devices.
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3. A game at cards. See .
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4. a business establishment for which the primary business is gambling, having various types of gambling tables, such as blackjack or roulette, and usually also slot machines, and sometimes other forms of gambling, such as poker; also, the main room of such an establishment where the gambling is conducted; as, the Trump casinos in Atlantic City.
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casino-hotel n. a business establishment that combines a casino and a hotel.
Syn. -- hotel-casino.
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2. a building that houses both a hotel and a casino.
Syn. -- hotel-casino.
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Cask (kȧsk), n. [Sp. casco potsherd, skull, helmet, prob. fr. cascar to break, fr. L. Quassure to break. Cf. , .] 1. Same as . [Obs.]
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2. A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel.
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3. The quantity contained in a cask.
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4. A casket; a small box for jewels. [Obs.] Shak.
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Cask, v. t. To put into a cask.
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Casket (?), n. [Cf. F. casquet, dim. of casque belmet, fr. Sp. casco.] 1. A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc.
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The little casket bring me hither. Shak.
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2. A kind of burial case. [U. S.]
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3. Anything containing or intended to contain something highly esteemed; as: (a) The body. (Shak.) (b) The tomb. (Milton). (c) A book of selections. [poetic]
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They found him dead . . . an empty casket. Shak.
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Casket, n. (Naut.) A gasket. See .
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Casket, v. t. To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] “I have casketed my treasure.” Shak.
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caskful n. the quantity a cask will hold.
Syn. -- cask.
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Casmerodius n. a genus of white egrets.
Syn. -- genus Casmerodius.
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Casque (kȧsk), n. [F. casque, fr. Sp. casco See .] A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet.
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His casque overshadowed with brilliant plumes. Prescott.
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Cass (kăs), v. t. [F. casser, LL. cassare, fr. L. cassus empty, hollow, and perhaps influenced by L. quassare to shake, shatter, v. intens. of quatere to shake. Cf. , v. t., , .] To render useless or void; to quash; to annul; to reject; to send away. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
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Cassada (kăssȧdȧ; 277), n. See .
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Cassareep (kăssȧrēp), n. A condiment made from the sap of the bitter cassava (Manihot utilissima) deprived of its poisonous qualities, concentrated by boiling, and flavored with aromatics. See .
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Cassate (?), v. t. [LL. cassare. See .] To render void or useless; to vacate or annul. [Obs.]
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Cassation (?), n. [F. cassation. See .] The act of annulling.
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A general cassation of their constitutions. Motley.
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Coloq. Court of cassation , the highest court of appeal in France, which has power to quash (Casser) or reverse the decisions of the inferior courts.
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Cassava (kăssȧvȧ), n. [F. cassave, Sp. cazabe, fr. kasabi, in the language of Haiti.] 1. (Bot.) A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc.
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☞ There are two species, bitter and sweet, from which the cassava of commerce is prepared in the West Indies, tropical America, and Africa. The bitter (Manihot utilissima) is the more important; this has a poisonous sap, but by grating, pressing, and baking the root the poisonous qualities are removed. The sweet (Manihot Aipi) is used as a table vegetable.
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2. A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.
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Cassava wood (?). (Bot.) A West Indian tree (Turpinia occidentalis) of the family Staphyleaceæ.
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{ Cassel brown, Cassel earth } (?). A brown pigment of varying permanence, consisting of impure lignite. It was found originally near Cassel (now Kassel), Germany.
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Casse Paper (?). [F. papier cassé. See .] Broken paper; the outside quires of a ream.
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Casserole (#) n. [F. a saucepan, dim. from casse a basin.] 1. (Chem.) A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain.
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2. (Cookery) A mold (in the shape of a hollow vessel or incasement) of boiled rice, mashed potato or paste, baked, and afterwards filled with vegetables or meat.
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Casse-tête (?), n. [F., fr. casser to breal (see 2d ) + tête head.] A small war club, esp. of savages; -- so called because of its supposed use in crushing the skull.
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Cassette Cassette (?), n. [F., prop., a casket, dim. of casse a case. See 1st .] 1. Same as .
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2. a small case to hold a removable part of some mechanism, designed for convenience in inserting and removing the working part. Most commonly referring to a tape cassette, made mostly of plastic, which holds a reel of magnetic tape for tape players or tape recorders or video cassette recorders. The term may refer, as for tape cassettes, to the integrated case plus tape, or sometimes only to the case itself separate from the contents.
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Cassia (kăshȧ), n. [L. cassia and casia, Gr. kassia and kasia; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. qetsīāh, fr. qātsa' to cut off, to peel off.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of several species furnish the senna used in medicine.
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2. The bark of several species of Cinnamomum grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as cassia, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more or less in strength and flavor, and the amount of outer bark attached.
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☞ The medicinal “cassia” (Cassia pulp) is the laxative pulp of the pods of a leguminous tree (Cassia fistula or Pudding-pipe tree), native in the East Indies but naturalized in various tropical countries.
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Coloq. Cassia bark , the bark of Cinnamomum cassia, etc. The coarser kinds are called Cassia lignea, and are often used to adulterate true cinnamon. -- Coloq. Cassia buds , the dried flower buds of several species of cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia, atc..). -- Coloq. Cassia oil , oil extracted from cassia bark and cassia buds; -- called also oil of cinnamon.
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Cassican (?), n. [NL. cassicus helmeted, fr. L. cassis a belmet.] (Zoöl.) An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest; the crested oriole. The name is also sometimes given to the piping crow, an Australian bird.
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Cassideous (?), a. [L. Cassis helmet.] (Bot.) Helmet-shaped; -- applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite.
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cassie n. a type of tropical American thorny shrub or small tree (Acacia farnesiana); it bears fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery.
Syn. -- huisache, mimosa bush, sweet wattle, sweet acacia, scented wattle, flame tree, Acacia farnesiana.
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Cassidony (?), n. [Cf. LL. cassidonium, F. cassidoine. See .] (Bot.) (a) The French lavender (Lavandula Stœchas). (b) The goldilocks (Chrysocoma Linosyris) and perhaps other plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed.
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Cassimere (?), n. [Cf. F. casimir, prob. of the same origin as E. cashmere. Cf. .] A thin, twilled, woolen cloth, used for men's garments. [Written also kerseymere.]
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Cassinette (?), n. [Cf. Sp. casinete, G. cassinet.] A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk.
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Cassinian ovals (?). (Math.) See under .
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Cassino (?), n. [It. casino a small house, a gaming house. See .] A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points.
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Coloq. Great cassino , the ten of diamonds. -- Coloq. Little cassino , the two of spades.

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Cassioberry (?), n. [NL. cassine, from the language of the Florida Indians.] The fruit of the Viburnum obovatum, a shrub which grows from Virginia to Florida.
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Cassiopeia (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �.] (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated between Cepheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabulous king of Ethiopia.
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Coloq. Cassiopeia's Chair , a group of six stars, in Cassiopeia, somewhat resembling a chair.
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Cassiterite (?), n. [Gr. � tin.] (Min.) Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See , under .
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Cassius (?), n. [From the name of the discoverer, A. Cassius, a German physician of the 17th centry.] A brownish purple pigment, obtained by the action of some compounds of tin upon certain salts of gold. It is used in painting and staining porcelain and glass to give a beautiful purple color. Commonly called Purple of Cassius.
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Cassock (?), n. [F. casaque, fr. It. casacca, perh. fr. L. casa cottage, in It., house; or of Slavic origin.]
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1. A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as well as by soldiers as part of their uniform.
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2. (Eccl.) A garment resembling a long frock coat worn by the clergy of certain churches when officiating, and by others as the usually outer garment.
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Cassocked (?), a. Clothed with a cassock.
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Cassolette (?), n. [F.] a box, or vase, with a perforated cover to emit perfumes.
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Cassonade (?), n. [F., fr. casson, for caisson a large chest. This sugar comes from Brazil in large chests.] Raw sugar; sugar not refined. Mc Elrath.
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Cassowary (?), n.; pl. Cassowaries (#). [Malay kasuāri.] (Zoöl.) A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc.
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{ Cassumunar (?), Cassumuniar (?), } n. [Hind.] (Med.) A pungent, bitter, aromatic, gingerlike root, obtained from the East Indies.
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Cast (kȧst), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cast; p. pr. & vb. n. Casting.] [Cf. Dan. kaste, Icel. & Sw. kasta; perh. akin to L. to bear, carry. E. jest.] 1. To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.
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Uzziah prepared . . . slings to cast stones. 2 Chron. xxvi. 14.
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Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. Acts. xii. 8.
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We must be cast upon a certain island. Acts. xxvii. 26.
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2. To direct or turn, as the eyes.
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How earnestly he cast his eyes upon me! Shak.
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3. To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
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4. To throw down, as in wrestling. Shak.
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5. To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
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Thine enemies shall cast a trench [bank] about thee. Luke xix. 48.
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6. To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
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His filth within being cast. Shak.
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Neither shall your vine cast her fruit. Mal. iii. 11
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The creatures that cast the skin are the snake, the viper, etc. Bacon.
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7. To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
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Thy she-goats have not cast their young. Gen. xxi. 38.
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8. To throw out or emit; to exhale. [Obs.]
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This . . . casts a sulphureous smell. Woodward.
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9. To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
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10. To impose; to bestow; to rest.
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The government I cast upon my brother. Shak.
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Cast thy burden upon the Lord. Ps. iv. 22.
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11. To dismiss; to discard; to cashier. [Obs.]
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The state can not with safety cast him.
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12. To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope. “Let it be cast and paid.” Shak.
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You cast the event of war, my noble lord. Shak.
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13. To contrive; to plan. [Archaic]
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The cloister . . . had, I doubt not, been cast for [an orange-house]. Sir W. Temple.
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14. To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.
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She was cast to be hanged. Jeffrey.
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Were the case referred to any competent judge, they would inevitably be cast. Dr. H. More.
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15. To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
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How much interest casts the balance in cases dubious! South.
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16. To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets.
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17. (Print.) To stereotype or electrotype.
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18. To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
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Our parts in the other world will be new cast. Addison.
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Coloq. To cast anchor (Naut.) See under . -- Coloq. To cast a horoscope , to calculate it. -- Coloq. To cast a Coloq. horse, sheep , or other animal, to throw with the feet upwards, in such a manner as to prevent its rising again. -- Coloq. To cast a shoe , to throw off or lose a shoe, said of a horse or ox. -- Coloq. To cast aside , to throw or push aside; to neglect; to reject as useless or inconvenient. -- Coloq. To cast away . (a) To throw away; to lavish; to waste. “Cast away a life” Addison. (b) To reject; to let perish. “Cast away his people.” Rom. xi. 1. “Cast one away.” Shak. (c) To wreck. “Cast away and sunk.” Shak. -- Coloq. To cast by , to reject; to dismiss or discard; to throw away. -- Coloq. To cast down , to throw down; to destroy; to deject or depress, as the mind. “Why art thou cast down. O my soul?” Ps. xiii. 5. -- Coloq. To cast forth , to throw out, or eject, as from an inclosed place; to emit; to send out. -- Coloq. To cast in one's lot with , to share the fortunes of. -- Coloq. To cast in one's teeth , to upbraid or abuse one for; to twin. -- Coloq. To cast lots . See under . -- Coloq. To cast off . (a) To discard or reject; to drive away; to put off; to free one's self from. (b) (Hunting) To leave behind, as dogs; also, to set loose, or free, as dogs. Crabb. (c) (Naut.) To untie, throw off, or let go, as a rope. -- Coloq. To cast off copy , (Print.), to estimate how much printed matter a given amount of copy will make, or how large the page must be in order that the copy may make a given number of pages. -- Coloq. To cast one's self on or Coloq. To cast one's self upon to yield or submit one's self unreservedly to, as to the mercy of another. -- Coloq. To cast out , to throw out; to eject, as from a house; to cast forth; to expel; to utter. -- Coloq. To cast the lead (Naut.), to sound by dropping the lead to the bottom. -- Coloq. To cast the water (Med.), to examine the urine for signs of disease. [Obs.]. -- Coloq. To cast up . (a) To throw up; to raise. (b) To compute; to reckon, as the cost. (c) To vomit. (d) To twit with; to throw in one's teeth.
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