Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CAS'ERN, n. [Fr. caserne; Sp. caserna, from casa, a shed or house.]

A lodging for soldiers in garrison towns, usually near the rampart, containing each two beds. – Encyc.

CASE'-SHOT, n.

Musket balls, stones, old iron, &c., put in cases, to be discharged from cannon.

CA-SE'UM, n.

The basis of cheese; the purified curd of cheese.

CASE'-WORM, n.

A worm that makes itself a case. – Johnson.

CASH, n. [Fr. caisse; Sp. and Port. caxa, a chest, box, coffer. See Case.]

Money; primarily, ready money, money in chest or on hand, in bank or at command. It is properly silver and gold; but since the institution of banks, it denotes also bank notes equivalent to money. To pay in cash is opposed to payment in goods, commodities, or labor, as in barter.

CASH, v.t.¹

1. To turn into money, or to exchange for money; as, to cash a note or an order.
2. To pay money for; as, the clerks of a bank cash notes when presented. [Mercantile usage.]

CASH, v.t.²

To discard. [for cashier. Not used.]

CASH-AC-COUNT', n.

An account of money received, paid, or on hand.

CASH'-BOOK, n.

A book in which is kept a register or account of money.

CASH'ED, pp.

Exchanged for coin, or other money equivalent.

CASH'EW, n. [A corruption of Acajou, the French orthography of the native name.]

A tree of the West Indies, Anacardium occidentale, bearing a kidney-shaped nut. The receptacle is as large as an orange, and full of an acid juice, which is often used to make punch. To the apex of this receptacle grows a nut, of the size of a hare's kidney, the shell of which is hard, and the kernel, which is sweet, is covered with a thin film. – Encyc.

CASH'EW-NUT, n.

The fruit of the Cashew.

CASH-IER', n. [Fr. caissier; It. cassiere; Sp. caxero; Port. caxeiro; from caxa, a box, whence cash.]

One who has charge of money; a cash-keeper. In a banking institution, the cashier is the officer who superintends the books, payments and receipts of the bank. He also signs or countersigns the notes, and superintends all the transactions, under the order of the directors.

CASH-IER', v.t. [Fr. casser, to break; It. cassare, to annul, blot out, erase.]

1. To dismiss from an office or place of trust, by annulling the commission; to break, as for mal-conduct, and therefore with reproach; as, to cashier an officer of the army.
2. To dismiss or discard from service or from society. – Addison. Dryden. Swift.
3. To reject; to annul or vacate. – Locke. South.

CASH-IER'ED, pp.

Dismissed; discarded; annulled.

CASH-IER'ER, n.

One who rejects, discards or breaks; as, a cashierer of monarchs. – Burke.

CASH-IER'ING, ppr.

Discarding; dismissing from service.

CASH'ING, ppr.

Exchanging for money.

CASH'-KEEP-ER, n.

One intrusted with the keeping of money.

CASH'MERE, n.

A shawl; so called from the country where first made.

CASH'OO, n.

The juice or gum of a tree in the East Indies.

CAS'ING, n.

1. The act or operation of plastering a house with mortar on the outside, and striking it while wet, by a ruler, with the corner of a trowel, to make it resemble the joints of free-stone. – Encyc.
2. A covering; a case.

CAS'ING, ppr.

Covering with a case.

CASK, or CASQUE, n. [Sp. and Port. casco; Fr. casque; Arm. casquen, casqed; L. cassis. See Case.]

A head-piece; a helmet; a piece of defensive armor, to cover and protect the head and neck, in battle.

CASK, n. [Sp. and Port. casco.]

A close vessel for containing liquors, formed by staves, heading, and hoops. This is a general term comprehending the pipe, hogshead, butt, barrel, &c.