Webster's Dictionary 1913

1540

Cask

Cask (?), n. [Sp. casco potsherd, skull, helmet, prob. fr. cascar to break, fr. L. Quassure to break. Cf. Casque, Cass.] 1. Same as Casque.2. A barrel-shaped vessel made of stav...

1541

Cask (2)

Cask, v. t. To put into a cask.

1542

Casket

Cas″ket (?), 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.The little cas...

1543

Casket (2)

Cas″ket, n.(Naut.) A gasket. See Gasket.

1544

Casket (3)

Cas″ket, v. t. To put into, or preserve in, a casket. “I have casketed my treasure.” Shak.

1545

Casque

Casque (?), n. [F. casque, fr. Sp. casco See Cask.] A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet.His casque overshadowed wi...

1546

Cass

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. Cashier, v. ...

1547

Cassada

Cas″sa‐da (kăs″sȧ‐dȧ; 277), n. See Cassava.

1548

Cassareep

Cas″sa‐reep (–rēp), n. A condiment made from the sap of the bitter cassava (Manihot utilissima) deprived of its poisonous qualities, concentrated by boiling, and flavored with a...

1549

Cassate

Cas″sate (?), v. t. [LL. cassare. See Cass.] To render void or useless; to vacate or annul.

1550

Cassation

Cas‐sa″tion (?), n. [F. cassation. See Cass.] The act of annulling.A general cassation of their constitutions.Motley.Court of cassation, the highest court of appeal in France, w...

1551

Cassava

Cas″sa‐va (kăs″sȧ‐vȧ), 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 y...

1552

Cassava wood

Cas″sa‐va wood′ (?). (Bot.) A West Indian tree (Turpinia occidentalis) of the family Staphyleaceæ.

1553

Casse Paper

Cas″se Pa″per (?). [F. papier cassé. See Cass.] Broken paper; the outside quires of a ream.

1554

Casse-tête

‖Casse′–tête″ (?), n. [F., fr. 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.

1555

Cassel brown

{ 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.

1556

Casserole

Cas″se‐role (#) n. [F. a saucepan, dim. from casse a basin.] 1. (Chem.) A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain.2. (Cookery) A mold (in the shape of a hollow vess...

1557

Cassette

‖Cas′sette″ (?), n. [F., prop., a casket, dim. of casse a case. See lst Case.] Same as Seggar.

1558

Cassia

Cas″sia (kăsh″ȧ), n. [L. cassia and casia, Gr. κασσία and κασία; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. qetsīāh, fr. qātsa' to cut off, to peel off.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants...

1559

Cassican

Cas″si‐can (?), 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 skill...

1560

Cassideous

Cas‐sid″e‐ous (?), a. [L. Cassis helmet.] (Bot.) Helmet-shaped; — applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite.

1561

Cassidony

Cas″si‐do‐ny (?), n. [Cf. LL. cassidonium, F. cassidoine. See Chalcedony.] (Bot.) (a) The French lavender (Lavandula Stœchas). (b) The goldilocks (Chrysocoma Linosyris) and perh...

1562

Cassimere

Cas″si‐mere (?), n. [Cf. F. casimir, prob. of the same origin as E. cashmere. Cf. Kerseymere.] A thin, twilled, woolen cloth, used for men's garments. [Written also kerseymere.]

1563

Cassinette

Cas′si‐nette″ (?), n. [Cf. Sp. casinete, G. cassinet.] A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk.

1564

Cassinian ovals

Cas‐sin″i‐an o″vals (?). (Math.) See under Oval.

1565

Cassino

Cas‐si″no (?), n. [It. 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...

1566

Cassioberry

Cas″si‐o‐ber′ry (?), n. [NL. cassine, from the language of the Florida Indians.] The fruit of the Viburnum obovatum, a shrub which grows from Virginia to Florida.