Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CAS'ING, ppr.

Covering with a case.

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.

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'ET, n. [dim. of cask. See Case.]

1. A small chest or box, for jewels or other small articles. Shak.
2. In seamen's language, a small rope, fastened to gromets or little rings upon the yards, used to fasten the sail to the yard in furling. Encyc. This is usually written gasket.

CASK-ET, v.t.

To put in a little chest. Shak.

CAS'PI-AN, a. [Caspiæ, a word applied to a pass in the range of Mount Taurus. Plin. 5, 27. D'Anville.]

An epithet given to a large lake between Persia and Astracan, called the Caspian Sea.

CASQUE-SHAP-ED, a.

Shaped like a casque.

CASS, v.t. [Fr. casser; L. quasso.]

To quash; to defeat; to annul. [Not now used.] Ralegh.

CASS'A-DA, or CASS'A-DO, n.

A species of the genus Jatropha. The roots of the manihot or bitter cassada, and of the janipha, are made into a kind of bread which serves for food to the natives of Africa and the West Indies, and they are also roasted and eaten like potatoes. They yield also a great quantity of starch, which the Brazilians export in small lumps under the name of tapioca.

CAS'SATE, v.t. [Fr. casser. See Cashier.]

To vacate, annul, or make void. [Obs.] Ray.

CAS-SA'TION, n.

The act of annulling. In France there is a court of Cassation.

CAS'SE-PA-PER, n.

Broken paper.

CAS'SIA, n. [cash'ia; Fr. casse; It. cassia; Gr. and L. id. Qu. Heb. קדה.]

A genus of plants of many species, among which is the senna. Cassia is also the name of a species of Laurus, the bark of which usually passes under the name of cinnamon, differing from real cinnamon chiefly in the strength of its qualities. From a plant of this kind was extracted an aromatic oil, used as a perfume by the Jews. Ex. xxx. Ps. xlv. 8. Encyc.

CAS-SID'E-ROUS, a. [L. cassis, a helmet.]

An epithet given to an upper petal of a flower which is dilated into a broad helmet-shaped leaf, as in Aconitum.

CAS'SI-DO-NY, n. [Fr. cassidoine.]

The popular name of a species of Gnaphalium, cotton-weed, cudweed or goldylocks; also, of Lavandula stæchas, or French lavender.

CAS'SI-MERE, n. [Sp. casimira.]

A thin twilled woolen cloth. Encyc.

CAS'SI-NO, n.

A game at cards. Chalmers.

CAS'SI-O-BER-RY, n.

The popular name of the fruit of the genus Cassine; also of the fruit of Viburnum lævigatum.

CAS-SI-O-PE'IA, n.

A constellation in the northern hemisphere, situated near to Cepheus, as the fabulous Cassiopeia was wife to Cepheus, king of Ethiopia. It contains fifty-five stars. Encyc.

CAS-SI-TE'RI-A, n. [L. cassiteron, tin.]

A kind of crystals which appear to have an admixture of tin. The color is brown or whitish. Encyc.

CAS'SOCK, n. [Sp. casaca; It. casacca; Fr. casaque.]

A robe or gown worn over the other garments, particularly by the clergy. Encyc. A close garment, now generally that which clergymen wear under their gowns. Johnson.

CAS'SOCK-ED, a.

Clothed with a cassock. The cassock'd huntsman. Cowper.

CAS-SON-ADE', n. [Fr.]

Cask-sugar; sugar not refined. Encyc.

CAS'SO-WA-RY, n. [Sp. casuel.]

A large fowl of the genus Struthio, nearly as large as the ostrich, but its legs are thicker and stronger in proportion. The wings are so small as not to appear, being hid under the feathers. The head is armed with a helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates one over another. It runs with great rapidity, outstripping the swiftest racer. Encyc. It is now arranged in a separate genus, Casuarius. Cuvier.

CAS-SU-MU'NAR, n.

An aromatic root, Zingiber Cassumunar.