- 2. (Naut.) Loose, untie, let go, let slip.
Cast-off, a. Discarded, castaway, cast-aside, thrown aside, worn, worn-out.
Castor, n.
- 1. Caster, small wheel or swivel (on which furniture is rolled).
- 2. (Med.) Castoreum.
Castoreum, n. [L.] (Med.) Castor
Cast out.
- 1. Eject, expel, oust, turn out of doors.
- 2. Send forth, throw out, eject, hurl out or forth.
Castrate, v. a.
- 1. Geld, emasculate, glib, deprive, of virility, make a eunuch.
- 2. Deprive of vigor, mortify, suppress, subdue, weaken, take the life out of.
Castration, n. Orchotomy, gelding, emasculation, glibbing.
Castrel, n. Windhover, kestrel, stannel (Falco tinnunculus).
Cast up.
- 1. Compute, calculate, reckon, cast.
- 2. Eject, throw up, vomit, spew, puke.
Casual, a. Accidental, fortuitous, incidental, contingent, that happens by chance.
Casualty, n.
- 1. Chance, fortuity, contingency hap, unforeseen event.
- 2. Accident, disaster, misfortune, calamity, mischance, catastrophe.
Catachrestic, Catachrestical, a. Forced, strained, far-fetched, recondite, studiously sought, wrested.