Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CAS-TA'LI-AN, a.

Pertaining to Castalia, a cool spring on Parnassus, sacred to the muses; as, Castalian fount. – Poetry.

CAST'A-NET, n. [Sp. castañeta, castañuela; Port. castanheta; Fr. castagnette; It. castaguetta. This word seems to be from castaña, a chestnut, so named from the resemblance to two chesnuts.]

An instrument composed of small concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, placed together, fastened to the thumb, and beat with the middle finger. This instrument is used by the Spaniards, Moors and Bohemians, as an accompaniment to their dances, sarabands and guitars. – Span. Dict. Encyc.

CAST'A-WAY, a.

Rejected; useless; of no value. – Ralegh.

CAST'A-WAY, n. [cast and away.]

That which is thrown away. A person abandoned by God, as unworthy of his favor; a reprobate. – 1 Cor. ix. 27.

CASTE, n.

In Hindoostan, a tribe or class of the same rank or profession; as, the caste of bramins, or priests; of rajahs, or princes; of choutres, or artificers; and of parias, or poor people. Or according to some writers, of bramins; of cuttery, or soldiers; of shuddery, or merchants; and of wyse, or mechanics. – Encyc. The four castes of the Hindoos are the Bramins or sacred order; the Chehteree or soldiers and rulers; the Bice, Vaissya, or husbandmen and merchants; and the Sooders, Sudras, or laborers and mechanics. – Cyc. Ed. Encyc.

CAST'ED, pp. [for cast, is not in use.]

CAS'TEL-LAN, n. [Sp. castellan; Fr. chatelain. See Castle.]

A governor or constable of a castle. In Poland, the name of a dignity or charge; a kind of lieutenant of a province, commanding part of a palatinate under a palatine. The castellans are senators, of the lower class, sitting, in the diets, on low seats behind the palatines. – Encyc.

CAS'TEL-LANY, n. [See Castle.]

The lordship belonging to a castle; or the extent of its land and jurisdiction. – Philips.

CAS'TEL-LA-TED, a.

1. Inclosed in a building, as a fountain or cistern. – Johnson.
2. Adorned with turrets, and battlements, like a castle.

CAS-TEL-LA'TION, n.

The act of fortifying a house and rendering it a castle.

CAST'ER, n. [from cast.]

1. One who throws or casts; one who computes; a calculator; one who calculates fortunes. – Addison.
2. A small phial or vessel for the table; as, a set of casters.
3. A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is cast, or rolled, on the floor, in any direction.
4. One who makes castings; a founder.

CAST'ERS, n.

A frame for holding bottles.

CAS'TI-GATE, v.t. [L. castigo, from castus, chaste. Qu. Eth. ገሠጸ gasts, to chasten, correct, chide. The French use châtier, from castus, chaste; Arm. castiza; Sp. and Port. castigar; It. castigare.]

To chastise; to punish by stripes; to correct; to chasten; to check. – Shak.

CAS'TI-GA-TED, pp.

Punished; corrected.

CAS'TI-GA-TING, ppr.

Punishing; correcting; chastising.

CAS-TI-GA'TION, n.

1. Punishment; correction; penance; discipline; emendation; restraint. – Boyle. Hale.
2. Among the Romans, a military punishment inflicted on offenders, by beating with a wand or switch. – Encyc.

CAS'TI-GA-TOR, n.

One who corrects.

CAS'TI-GA-TO-RY, a.

Tending to correction; corrective; punitive. – Bramhall.

CAS'TI-GA-TO-RY, n.

An engine formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds, called also a ducking-stool, or trebucket. – Blackstone.

CAS'TILE-SOAP, n.

A kind of pure, refined soap.

CAS-TIL'IAN, a.

Pertaining to Castile, in Spain.

CAS-TIL'IAN, n.

An inhabitant or native of Castile, in Spain.

CAST'ING, n.

1. The act of casting or founding.
2. That which is cast in a mold; any vessel formed by casting melted metal into a mold, or in sand.
3. The taking of casts and impressions of figures, busts, medals, &c. Casting of draperies, the proper distribution of the folds of garments, in painting and sculpture.

CAST'ING, ppr.

Throwing; sending; computing; calculating; turning; giving a preponderancy; deciding; running or throwing into a mold, to give shape. [See Cast.]

CAST'ING-NET, n.

A net which is cast and drawn, in distinction from a net that is set and left. – May.