- 3. Founder, moulder.
- 4. Cruet, cruse, phial.
- 5. Cruet-frame, cruet-stand. [In this sense, usually in pl., casters.]
- 6. Castor, small wheel or swivel (on which furniture is rolled)
Cast forth. Eject, emit, throw out.
Castigate, v. a.
- 1. Chastise, whip, beat, punish with stripes or the lash, lash, flog.
- 2. Discipline, correct, punish, chasten.
- 3. Upbraid, flagellate, fall foul of, dress down, take to task, haul over the coals, censure bitterly, criticise
severely, trim out, call to account.
Castigation, n.
- 1. Whipping, beating, lashing, flagellation, drubbing, flogging, chastisement.
- 2. Punishment, chastisement, discipline, correction, chastening.
- 3. Upbraiding, taking to task, lashing, flagellation, trimming, hauling over the coals, dressing down, invective,
censorious assault, berating, denunciation, objurgation.
Castigatory, n. (Law.) Trebuchet or trebucket, tumbrel or tumbril, ducking-stool, cucking-stool.
Cast in the teeth. Reproach with, twit with.
Castle, n.
- 1. Fortress, citadel, stronghold, fortified residence.
- 2. Rook (in chess).
Castle-builder, n. Visionary, dreamer, enthusiast, fanciful projector.
Cast off.
- 1. Reject, discard, abandon, forsake, renounce, lay aside, cast by, cast away, throw away, throw by, get
rid of.