Webster's Dictionary 1913

1621

Castor oil

Cas″tor oil (kăs″tẽr oil′). A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is inodorous and insipid.Ca...

1622

Castoreum

Cas‐to″re‐um (?), n. [L. See Castor.] A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the be...

1623

Castorin

Cas″to‐rin (kăs″tō̍‐rĭn), n. [From 1st Castor.] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum.

1624

Castrametation

Cas′tra‐me‐ta″tion (?), n. [F. castramétation, fr. L. castra camp + metari to measure off, fr. meta limit.] (Mil.) The art or act of encamping; the making or laying out of a camp.

1625

Castrate

Cas″trate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Castrated; p. pr. & vb. n.Castrating.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. çastra knife.] 1. To deprive of the testicles...

1626

Castration

Cas‐tra″tion (?), n. [L. castratio; cf. F. castration.] The act of castrating.

1627

Castrato

‖Cas‐tra″to (?), n. [L., properly p. p. of castrare. See Castrate.] A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano. ...

1628

Castrel

Cas″trel (?), n. [Cf. F. crécerelle, cristel, OF. crecel, cercele. Cf. Kestrel.] (Zoöl.) See Kestrel.

1629

Castrensial

Cas‐tren″sial (?), a. [L. castrensis, fr. castra camp.] Belonging to a camp. Sir T. Browne.

1630

Castrensian

Cas‐tren″sian (?), a. Castrensial.

1631

Casual

Cas″u‐al (?), a. [OE. casuel, F. casuel, fr. L. casualis, fr. casus fall, accident, fr. cadere to fall. See Case.] 1. Happening or coming to pass without design, and without bei...

1632

Casual (2)

Cas″u‐al, n. One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.

1633

Casualism

Cas″u‐al‐ism (?), n. The doctrine that all things exist or are controlled by chance.

1634

Casualist

Cas″u‐al‐ist, n. One who believes in casualism.

1635

Casually

Cas″u‐al‐ly, adv. Without design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance; occasionally.

1636

Casualness

Cas″u‐al‐ness, n. The quality of being casual.

1637

Casualty

Cas″u‐al‐ty (?), n.; pl.Casualties (#). [F. casualité, LL. casualitas.] 1. That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency.Losses that befall them by mere...

1638

Casuarina

‖Cas′u‐a‐ri″na (?), n. [NL., supposed to be named from the resemblance of the twigs to the feathers of the cassowary, of the genus Casuarius.] (Bot.) A genus of leafless trees o...

1639

Casuist

Cas″u‐ist (?), n. [L. casus fall, case; cf. F. casuiste. See Casual.] One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry.The judment of any casuist or learned divine concerning the s...

1640

Casuist (2)

Cas″u‐ist, v. i. To play the casuist. Milton.

1641

Casuistic

{ Cas′u‐is″tic (?), Cas′u‐is″tic‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to casuists or casuistry.

1642

Casuistry

Cas″u‐ist‐ry (?), a. 1. The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawf...

1643

Casus

‖Ca″sus (?), n. An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination of circumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under Accident.Casus belli, an event or combination of ...

1644

Cat

Cat (kăt), n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw. katt, Icel. köttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. cat, W. cath, Armor. kaz, LL. catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. γάτα, γάτοσ, Russ. & Pol. kot, ...

1645

Cat (2)

Cat (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.tted; p. pr. & vb. n.Catting.] (Naut.) To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor. Totten.

1646

Cat o' nine tails

Cat″ o' nine″ tails′. See under Cat.

1647

Cat-eyed

Cat″–eyed′ (?), a. Having eyes like a cat; hence, able to see in the dark.