Casings
(Ca"sings) n. pl. Dried dung of cattle used as fuel. [Prov. Eng.] Waterland.
Casino
(||Ca*si"no) n.; pl. E. Casinos It. Casini [It. casino, dim. of casa house, fr. L. casa cottage.
Cf. Cassing.]
1. A small country house.
2. A building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, for dancing, gaming, etc.
3. A game at cards. See Cassino.
Cask
(Cask) n. [Sp. casco potsherd, skull, helmet, prob. fr. cascar to break, fr. L. Quassure to break.
Cf. Casque, Cass.]
1. Same as Casque. [Obs.]
2. A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold
liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel.
3. The quantity contained in a cask.
4. A casket; a small box for jewels. [Obs.] Shak.
Cask
(Cask), v. t. To put into a cask.
Casket
(Cas"ket) n. [Cf. F. casquet, dim. of casque belmet, fr. Sp. casco.]
1. A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc.
The little casket bring me hither.
Shak.
2. A kind of burial case. [U. S.]
3. Anything containing or intended to contain something highly esteemed; as: (a) The body. (Shak.) (b)
The tomb. (c) A book of selections. [poetic]
They found him dead . . . an empty casket.
Shak.
Casket
(Cas"ket), n. (Naut.) A gasket. See Gasket.
Casket
(Cas"ket), v. t. To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] "I have casketed my treasure."
Shak.
Casque
(Casque) n. [F. casque, fr. Sp. casco See Cask.] A piece of defensive or ornamental armor
(with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet.
His casque overshadowed with brilliant plumes.
Prescott.
Cass
(Cass) v. t. [F. casser, LL. cassare, fr. L. cassus empty, hollow, and perhaps influenced by L.
quassare to shake, shatter, v. intens. of quatere to shake. Cf. Cashier, v. t., Quash, Cask.] To
render useless or void; to quash; to annul; to reject; to send away. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
Cassada
(Cas"sa*da) n. See Cassava.
Cassareep
(Cas"sa*reep) n. 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.
