n. A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ Gr. &unr_; a willowlike tree, used at a religious festival; confused with &unr_; holy, chaste. ] (Bot.) A species of Vitex (Vitex agnus castus); the chaste tree. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]

And wreaths of agnus castus others bore. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries.
Syn. -- elephant's ear, elephant ear [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A genus of mammals comprising the springbucks (or springboks). The main species is Antidorcas marsupialis the springbuck, of which there are three subspecies: the cape springbuck (marsupialis), the Kalahari springbuck (hofmeyri) and the Angolan springbuck (angolensis).
Syn. -- genus Antidorcas. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from wear or from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A flat, rectangular, usually rigid briefcase commonly used to carry documents for business purposes. [ PJC ]

n. 1. a cassette for audio tape. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Back, adv. + cast. ] Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bocassin, boucassin. ] A sort of fine buckram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A case with shelves for holding books, esp. one with glazed doors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the part of the skull that encloses the brain.
Syn. -- cranium, brainpan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a small suitcase with a handle; it is used for carrying papers or files or books. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. (Agric.) A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. an act of broadcasting; specifically, a program in which sounds or images are transmitted in all directions from a radio or television station; -- usually referring to a scheduled program on a commercial or public service radio or television station, using the normal radio frequencies for those media, in contrast to a radiotelephone conversation, which may also be transmitted in all directions, but is intended for receipt by a base station in the telephone network. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 1. to cast or disperse in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; to diffuse widely. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to transmit (sounds, images, or other signals) in all directions from a radio or television station. [ PJC ]

3. to disseminate (information, a speech, an advertisement, etc.) from a radio or television station. [ PJC ]

4. to spread (information, news, gossip) widely by any means. [ PJC ]

n. 1. someone who broadcasts on radio or television. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a mechanical device for scattering something (seed, fertilizer, sand, salt, etc.) in all directions.
Syn. -- spreader. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the medium that disseminates via telecommunications; radio and television.
Syn. -- broadcast media. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. taking part in a radio or tv program. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of mammals comprising the gnu goats.
Syn. -- genus Budorcas. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest. [ 1913 Webster ]

A capcase for your linen and your plate. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Venezuela. [ PJC ]

n. See Carcass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Carcasses [ Written also carcase. ] [ F. carcasse, fr. It. carcassa, fr. L. caro flesh + capsa chest, box, case. Cf. Carnal, Case a sheath. ] 1. A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast. [ 1913 Webster ]

He turned to see the carcass of the lion. Judges xiv. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

This kept thousands in the town whose carcasses went into the great pits by cartloads. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The living body; -- now commonly used in contempt or ridicule. “To pamper his own carcass.” South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lovely her face; was ne'er so fair a creature.
For earthly carcass had a heavenly feature. Oldham. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

A rotten carcass of a boat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mil.) A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

A discharge of carcasses and bombshells. W. Iving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A case for visiting cards. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a winter melon having a yellowish rind; -- called also casaba melon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to case; as, a casal ending. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an Italian adventurer (Giovanni Giacomo Casanova; b. 1725; d. 1798) who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. any man noted for his amorous adventures. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
Syn. -- cassava. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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 Cannon. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The silver brook . . . pours the white cascade. Longjellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To fall in a cascade. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To vomit. [ Slang ] Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (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
tandem system, or
concatenated system; the connection a
cascade connection,
tandem connection, or
concatenated connection, or
a concatenation; and the control of the motors so obtained a
tandem control, or
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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Pg., a chip of stone, gravel. ] A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which the Brazilian diamond is usually found. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative; -- called also cascara sagrada.
Syn. -- chittam bark, chittem bark. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Bot.) The buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshiana) of the Pacific coast of the United States, which yields cascara sagrada. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ [ Sp. ] Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative; -- called also cascara. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp., small thin bark, Peruvian bark, dim. of cáscara bark. ] (Bot.) A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cascarilla bark (or
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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A white, crystallizable, bitter substance extracted from oil of cascarilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. cascarón. ] Lit., an eggshell; hence, an eggshell filled with confetti to be thrown during balls, carnivals, etc. [ Western U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ OF. casse, F. caisse (cf. It. cassa), fr. L. capsa chest, box, case, fr. capere to take, hold. See Capacious, and cf. 4th Chase, Cash, Enchase, 3d Sash. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Print.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or “boxes” for holding type. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mining) A small fissure which admits water to the workings. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cased p. pr. & vb. n. Casing. ] 1. To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose. [ 1913 Webster ]

The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To strip the skin from; as, to case a box. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cas, fr. L. casus, fr. cadere to fall, to happen. Cf. Chance. ] 1. Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By aventure, or sort, or cas. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge. Deut. xxiv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the case of the man be so with his wife. Matt. xix. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

And when a lady's in the case
You know all other things give place. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

You think this madness but a common case. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am in case to justle a constable, Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A proper remedy in hypochondriacal cases. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us consider the reason of the case, for nothing is law that is not reason. Sir John Powell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not one case in the reports of our courts. Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. --
All a case, a matter of indifference. [ Obs. ] “It is all a case to me.” L'Estrange. --
Case at bar. See under Bar, n. --
Case divinity, casuistry. --
Case lawyer, one versed in the reports of cases rather than in the science of the law. --
Case stated or
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. --
A hard case, an abandoned or incorrigible person. [ Colloq. ] --
In any case, whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow. --
In case, or
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. --
In good case, in good condition, health, or state of body. --
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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To propose hypothetical cases. [ Obs. ] “Casing upon the matter.” L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. to turn into cheese; -- of milk. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. to undergo caseation; -- of dead tissue. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. caséation. See Casein. ] (Med.) A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) (a) The space between two principals or girders. (b) One of the joists framed between a pair of girders in naked flooring. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. 1. covered or protected with or as if with a case; as, knights cased in steel.
Syn. -- encased, incased. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. same as bound; -- of books.
Syn. -- covered. [ WordNet 1.5 ]