Cassava wood Cas"sa·va wood` (Botany) A West Indian tree ( Turpinia occidentalis ) of the family Staphyleaceæ .

Casse Paper Cas"se Pa"per [ French papier cassé . See Cass .] Broken paper; the outside quires of a ream.

Casse-tête Casse`-tête" noun [ French, from casser to breal (see 2d Quash ) + tête head.] A small war club, esp. of savages; -- so called because of its supposed use in crushing the skull.

Cassel brown, Cassel earth Cas"sel brown, Cas"sel earth A brown pigment of varying permanence, consisting of impure lignite. It was found originally near Cassel (now Kassel), Germany.

Casserole Cas"se·role noun [ French a saucepan, dim. from casse a basin.] 1. (Chemistry) A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain.

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.

Cassette Cas`sette" noun [ French, prop., a casket, dim. of casse a case. See lst Case .] Same as Seggar .

Cassia Cas"sia (kăsh"ȧ) noun [ Latin cassia and casia , Greek kassi`a and kasi`a ; of Semitic origin; confer Hebrew qetsīāh , from qātsa' to cut off, to peel off.] 1. (Botany) 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.

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.

» 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.

Cassia bark , the bark of Cinnamomum cassia , etc. The coarser kinds are called Cassia lignea , and are often used to adulterate true cinnamon. -- Cassia buds , the dried flower buds of several species of cinnamon ( Cinnamomum cassia , atc..). -- Cassia oil , oil extracted from cassia bark and cassia buds; -- called also oil of cinnamon .

Cassican Cas"si·can noun [ New Latin cassicus helmeted, from Latin cassis a belmet.] (Zoology) 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.

Cassideous Cas·sid"e·ous adjective [ Latin Cassis helmet.] (Botany) Helmet-shaped; -- applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite.

Cassidony Cas"si·do·ny noun [ Confer Late Latin cassidonium , French cassidoine . See Chalcedony .] (Botany) (a) The French lavender ( Lavandula Stœchas ) . (b) The goldilocks (Chrysocoma Linosyris) and perhaps other plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed.

Cassimere Cas"si·mere noun [ Confer French casimir , probably of the same origin as English cashmere . Confer Kerseymere .] A thin, twilled, woolen cloth, used for men's garments. [ Written also kerseymere .]

Cassinette Cas`si·nette" noun [ Confer Spanish casinete , German cassinet .] A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk.

Cassinian ovals Cas·sin"i·an o"vals (Math.) See under Oval .

Cassino Cas·si"no noun [ Italian casino a small house, a gaming house. See casino .] A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points.

Great cassino , the ten of diamonds. -- Little cassino , the two of spades.

Cassioberry Cas"si·o·ber`ry noun [ New Latin cassine , from the language of the Florida Indians.] The fruit of the Viburnum obovatum , a shrub which grows from Virginia to Florida.

Cassiopeia Cas`si·o·pe"ia noun [ New Latin , from Greek ....] (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.

Cassiopeia's Chair , a group of six stars, in Cassiopeia, somewhat resembling a chair.

Cassiterite Cas·sit"er·ite noun [ Greek ... 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 Black tin , under Black .

Cassius Cas"sius noun [ 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 .

Cassock Cas"sock noun [ French casaque , from Italian casacca , perhaps from Latin casa cottage, in Italian , house; or of Slavic origin.]

1. A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as well as by soldiers as part of their uniform.

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.

Cassocked Cas"socked adjective Clothed with a cassock.

Cassolette Cas`so·lette" noun [ French] a box, or vase, with a perforated cover to emit perfumes.

Cassonade Cas`son·ade" noun [ French, from casson , for caisson a large chest. This sugar comes from Brazil in large chests.] Raw sugar; sugar not refined. Mc Elrath.

Cassowary Cas"so·wa·ry noun ; plural Cassowaries . [ Malay kasuāri .] (Zoology) 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.

Cassumunar, Cassumuniar Cas`su·mu"nar, Cas`su·mu"ni·ar noun [ Hind.] (Medicine) A pungent, bitter, aromatic, gingerlike root, obtained from the East Indies.

Cast Cast (kȧst) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Cast ; present participle & verbal noun Casting .] [ Confer Danish kaste , Icelandic & Swedish kasta ; perhaps akin to Latin gerere to bear, carry. English jest .] 1. To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.

Uzziah prepared . . . slings to cast stones.
2 Chron. xxvi. 14.

Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.
Acts. xii. 8.

We must be cast upon a certain island.
Acts. xxvii. 26.

2. To direct or turn, as the eyes.

How earnestly he cast his eyes upon me!
Shak.

3. To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.

4. To throw down, as in wrestling. Shak.

5. To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.

Thine enemies shall cast a trench [ bank] about thee.
Luke xix. 48.

6. To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.

His filth within being cast .
Shak.

Neither shall your vine cast her fruit.
Mal. iii. 11

The creatures that cast the skin are the snake, the viper, etc.
Bacon.

7. To bring forth prematurely; to slink.

Thy she-goats have not cast their young.
Gen. xxi. 38.

8. To throw out or emit; to exhale. [ Obsolete]

This . . . casts a sulphureous smell.
Woodward.

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.

10. To impose; to bestow; to rest.

The government I cast upon my brother.
Shak.

Cast thy burden upon the Lord.
Ps. iv. 22.

11. To dismiss; to discard; to cashier. [ Obsolete]

The state can not with safety cast him.

12. To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope. "Let it be cast and paid." Shak.

You cast the event of war, my noble lord.
Shak.

13. To contrive; to plan. [ Archaic]

The cloister . . . had, I doubt not, been cast for [ an orange-house].
Sir W. Temple.

14. To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.

She was cast to be hanged.
Jeffrey.

Were the case referred to any competent judge, they would inevitably be cast .
Dr. H. More.

15. To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.

How much interest casts the balance in cases dubious!
South.

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.

17. (Print.) To stereotype or electrotype.

18. To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.

Our parts in the other world will be new cast .
Addison.

To cast anchor (Nautical) See under Anchor . -- To cast a horoscope , to calculate it. -- To cast a horse, sheep , or other animal, to throw with the feet upwards, in such a manner as to prevent its rising again. -- To cast a shoe , to throw off or lose a shoe, said of a horse or ox. -- To cast aside , to throw or push aside; to neglect; to reject as useless or inconvenient. -- 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. -- To cast by , to reject; to dismiss or discard; to throw away. -- 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. -- To cast forth , to throw out, or eject, as from an inclosed place; to emit; to send out. -- To cast in one's lot with , to share the fortunes of. -- To cast in one's teeth , to upbraid or abuse one for; to twin. -- To cast lots . See under Lot . -- 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) (Nautical) To untie, throw off, or let go, as a rope. -- 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. -- To cast one's self on or upon to yield or submit one's self unreservedly to, as to the mercy of another. -- To cast out , to throw out; to eject, as from a house; to cast forth; to expel; to utter. -- To cast the lead (Nautical) , to sound by dropping the lead to the bottom. -- To cast the water (Medicine) , to examine the urine for signs of disease. [ Obsolete]. -- 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.

Cast Cast intransitive verb 1. To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.

2. (Nautical) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.

Weigh anchor, cast to starboard.
Totten.

3. To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.

She . . . cast in her mind what manner of salution this should be.
Luke. i. 29.

4. To calculate; to compute. [ R.]

Who would cast and balance at a desk.
Tennyson.

5. To receive form or shape in a mold.

It will not run thin, so as to cast and mold.
Woodward.

6. To warp; to become twisted out of shape.

Stuff is said to cast or warp when . . . it alters its flatness or straightness.
Moxon.

7. To vomit.

These verses . . . make me ready to cast .
B. Jonson.

Cast Cast 3d present of Cast , for Casteth . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Cast Cast noun [ Confer Icelandic , Dan., & Swedish kast .] 1. The act of casting or throwing; a throw.

2. The thing thrown.

A cast of dreadful dust.
Dryden.

3. The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown. "About a stone's cast ." Luke xxii. 41.

4. A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.

An even cast whether the army should march this way or that way.
Sowth.

I have set my life upon a cast ,
And I will stand the hazard of the die.
Shak.

5. That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.

6. The act of casting in a mold.

And why such daily cast of brazen cannon.
Shak.

7. An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.

8. That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.

9. Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance. "A neat cast of verse." Pope.

An heroic poem, but in another cast and figure.
Prior.

And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought.
Shak.

10. A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.

Gray with a cast of green.
Woodward.

11. A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift. [ Scotch]

We bargained with the driver to give us a cast to the next stage.
Smollett.

If we had the cast o' a cart to bring it.
Sir W. Scott.

12. The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.

13. (Falconary) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand. Grabb.

As when a cast of falcons make their flight.
Spenser.

14. A stoke, touch, or trick. [ Obsolete]

This was a cast of Wood's politics; for his information was wholly false.
Swift.

15. A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.

The cast of the eye is a gesture of aversion.
Bacon.

And let you see with one cast of an eye.
Addison.

This freakish, elvish cast came into the child's eye.
Hawthorne.

16. A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.

17. Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.

18. Contrivance; plot, design. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

A cast of the eye , a slight squint or strabismus. -- Renal cast (Medicine) , microscopic bodies found in the urine of persons affected with disease of the kidneys; -- so called because they are formed of matter deposited in, and preserving the outline of, the renal tubes. -- The last cast , the last throw of the dice or last effort, on which every thing is ventured; the last chance.

Cast iron Cast" i`ron Highly carbonized iron, the direct product of the blast furnace; -- used for making castings, and for conversion into wrought iron and steel. It can not be welded or forged, is brittle, and sometimes very hard. Besides carbon, it contains sulphur, phosphorus, silica, etc.

Cast steel Cast" steel` See Cast steel , under Steel .

Cast-iron Cast"-i`ron adjective Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy; unyielding.

Cast-off Cast"-off` adjective Cast or laid aside; as, cast-off clothes.

Castalian Cas·ta"li·an adjective [ Latin Castalius ] Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses. Milton.

Castanea Cas·ta"ne·a noun [ Latin , a chestnut, from Greek ....] (Botany) A genus of nut-bearing trees or shrubs including the chestnut and chinquapin.

Castanet Cas"ta·net noun See Castanets .

Castanets Cas"ta·nets noun plural [ French castagnettes , Spanish castañetas , from Latin castanea (Sp. castaña ) a chestnut. So named from the resemblance to two chestnuts, or because chestnuts were first used for castanets. See Chestnut .] Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars.

» The singular, castanet , is used of one of the pair, or, sometimes, of the pair forming the instrument.

The dancer, holding a castanet in each hand, rattles then to the motion of his feet.
Moore (Encyc. of Music).

Castaway Cast"a·way noun 1. One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked.

2. One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.

Lest . . . when I have preached to others , I myself should be a castaway .
1 Cor. ix. 27.

Castaway Cast"a·way adjective Of no value; rejected; useless.

Caste Caste noun [ Portuguese casta race, lineage, from Latin castus pure, chaste: confer French caste , of same origin.] 1. One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.

» The members of the same caste are theoretically of equal rank, and same profession or occupation, and may not eat or intermarry with those not of their own caste. The original are four, viz., the Brahmans , or sacerdotal order; the Kshatriyas , or soldiers and rulers; the Vaisyas , or husbandmen and merchants; and the Sudras , or laborers and mechanics. Men of no caste are Pariahs , outcasts. Numerous mixed classes, or castes , have sprung up in the progress of time.

2. A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves.

The tinkers then formed an hereditary caste .
Macaulay.

To lose caste , to be degraded from the caste to which one has belonged; to lose social position or consideration.

Castellan Cas"tel·lan noun [ Old French castelain , French châtelain , Latin castellanus pertaining to a castle, an occupant of a caste, Late Latin , a governor of a castle, from Latin castellum castle, citadel, dim. of castrum fortified place. See Castle , and confer Chatelaine .] A governor or warden of a castle.

Castellany Cas"tel·la·ny noun ; plural Castellanies . [ Late Latin castellania .] The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle.

Castellated Cas"tel·la`ted adjective [ Late Latin castellatus , from castellare . See Castle .] 1. Inclosed within a building; as, a fountain or cistern castellated . [ Obsolete] Johnson.

2. Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle; built in the style of a castle.

Castellation Cas`tel·la"tion noun [ Late Latin castellation , from castellare , from Latin castellum . See Castle .] The act of making into a castle.

Caster Cast"er noun 1. One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc. ; a caster of cannon; a caster of accounts.

2. A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain condiments at the table; as, a set of casters .

3. A stand to hold a set of cruets.

4. A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported and moved.

Castigate Cas"ti·gate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Castigated ; present participle & verbal noun Castigating .] [ Latin castigatus , past participle of castigare to correct, punish; castus pure, chaste + agere to move, drive. See Caste , and confer Chasten .] 1. To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.

2. To emend; to correct. [ Obsolete]

Castigation Cas`ti·ga"tion noun [ Latin catigatio .]

1. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.

The keenest castigation of her slanderers.
W. Irving.

2. Emendation; correction. [ Obsolete]

Castigator Cas`ti·ga"tor noun [ Latin ] One who castigates or corrects.

Castigatory Cas`ti·ga·to·ry adjective [ Latin castigatorius .] Punitive in order to amendment; corrective.

Castigatory Cas"ti·ga·to·ry noun An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a ducking stool , or trebucket . Blacktone.

Castile soap Cas"tile soap` [ From Castile , or Castilia , a province in Spain, from which it originally came.] A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive oil and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap.

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