an Italian adventurer (Giovanni Giacomo Casanova; b. 1725; d. 1798) who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters.

any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.

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.]

To fall in a cascade.

A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which the Brazilian diamond is usually found.

the dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative; -- called also cascara sagrada.

A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark.

A white, crystallizable, bitter substance extracted from oil of cascarilla.

Lit., an eggshell; hence, an eggshell filled with confetti to be thrown during balls, carnivals, etc.

To propose hypothetical cases.

The space between two principals or girders One of the joists framed between a pair of girders in naked flooring.

to turn into cheese; -- of milk.

A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.

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.

covered or protected with or as if with a case; as, knights cased in steel.

the quantity contained in a case.

To subject to a process which converts the surface of iron into steel.

Having the surface hardened, as iron tools.

The act or process of converting the surface of iron into steel.

Of or pertaining to cheese; as, caseic acid.

A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kingdom it is chiefly found in milk, and constitutes the main part of the curd separated by rennet; in the vegetable kingdom it is found more or less abundantly in the seeds of leguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkali albumin.

Furnished with, protected by, or built like, a casemate.

A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.

Having a casement or casements.

A soluble product (proteose) formed in the gastric and pancreatic digestion of casein and caseinogen.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy.

A lodging for soldiers in garrison towns, usually near the rampart; barracks.

Same as Casein.

A worm or grub that makes for itself a case. See Caddice.

A Chinese coin.

able to be converted into ready money; as, a cashable check; cashable gambling chips.

A book in which is kept a register of money received or paid out.

a box for holding cash.

converted into currency; -- of financial instruments; as, a cashed check.

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.

To dismiss or discard; to discharge; to dismiss with ignominy from military service or from an office or place of trust.

One who rejects, discards, or dismisses; as, a cashierer of monarchs.

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.

A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere.

See Catechu.

The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc.

Dried dung of cattle used as fuel.

A small country house.

a business establishment that combines a casino and a hotel.

To put into a cask.

To put into, or preserve in, a casket.

the quantity a cask will hold.

a genus of white egrets.

A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet.

To render useless or void; to quash; to annul; to reject; to send away.

See Cassava.

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 Pepper pot.

To render void or useless; to vacate or annul.

The act of annulling.

A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc.

A small war club, esp. of savages; -- so called because of its supposed use in crushing the skull.

A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain.

Same as Seggar.

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.

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.

The French lavender (Lavandula St/chas) The goldilocks (Chrysocoma Linosyris) and perhaps other plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed.

a type of tropical American thorny shrub or small tree (Acacia farnesiana); it bears fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery.

A thin, twilled, woolen cloth, used for men's garments.

A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk.

A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points.

The fruit of the Viburnum obovatum, a shrub which grows from Virginia to Florida.

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.

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.

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.

Clothed with a cassock.

a box, or vase, with a perforated cover to emit perfumes.

Raw sugar; sugar not refined.

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.

A pungent, bitter, aromatic, gingerlike root, obtained from the East Indies.

The act of casting or throwing; a throw.

Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy; unyielding.

Cast or laid aside; thrown away; discarded; as, cast-off clothes.

Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses.

A genus of nut-bearing trees or shrubs including the chestnut and chinquapin.

See Castanets.

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.

a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs of warm regions valued for their foliage; found in southeastern U.S. and eastern Australia and northern New Zealand.

a genus consisting of one species, the Moreton Bay chestnut.

Of no value; rejected; useless.

One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindu are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.

A governor or warden of a castle.

The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle.

Inclosed within a building; as, a fountain or cistern castellated.

The act of making into a castle.

One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc. ; a caster of cannon; a caster of accounts.

To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.

One who castigates or corrects.

An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket.

An inhabitant or native of Castile, in Spain.

Of or pertaining to Castile, in Spain.

The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.

To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king.

The guard or defense of a castle.

Fig.: one who builds castles in the air or forms visionary schemes.

Having a castle or castles; supporting a castle; as, a castled height or crag.

The government of a castle.

A small castle.

Same as Castleguard.

A compound move of the king and castle. See Castle, v. i.

the northernmost of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, the other being Pollux.

A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.

a natural family comprising the beavers.

A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum.

A variety of the mineral called petalite, from Elba.

a genus of extinct beavers of the Pleistocene; of eastern and southern U.S.

The art or act of encamping; the making or laying out of a camp.

To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.

deprived of reproductive organs or sexual attributes.

The act of castrating.

A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano.

See Kestrel.

Belonging to a camp.

Castrensial.

The capital city of St. Lucia. Population (2000) = 13,600.

One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.