Part 1674

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To vomit.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<i>Smollett.</i>

<h1>Cascalho</h1> <Xpage=222>

<hw>Cas*cal"ho</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pg., a chip of stone, gravel.]</ety> <def>A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which the Brazilian diamond is usually found.</def>

<h1>Cascara sagrada</h1> <Xpage=222>

<hw>Cas"ca*ra sa*gra"da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (<spn>Rhamnus Purshianus</spn>), used as a mild cathartic or laxative.</def>

<h1>Cascarilla</h1> <Xpage=222>

<hw>Cas`ca*ril"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[Sp., small thin bark, Peruvian bark, dim. of <ets>c\'a0scara</ets> bark.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (<spn>Croton Eleutheria</spn>); also, its aromatic bark.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Cascarilla bark</col> (&or; <col>Cascarila</col></mcol>) <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>the bark of <spn>Croton Eleutheria</spn>. It has an aromatic odor and a warm, spicy, bitter taste, and when burnt emits a musky odor. It is used as a gentle tonic, and sometimes, for the sake of its fragrance, mixed with smoking tobacco, when it is said to occasion vertigo and intoxication.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cascarillin</h1> <Xpage=222>

<hw>Cas`ca*ril"lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white, crystallizable, bitter substance extracted from oil of cascarilla.</def>

<h1>Case</h1> <Xpage=222>

<hw>Case</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>casse</ets>, F. <ets>caisse</ets> (cf. It. <ets>cassa</ets>), fr. L. <ets>capsa</ets> chest, box, case, fr. <ets>caper</ets> to take, hold See <er>Capacious</er>, and cf. 4th <er>Chase</er>, <er>Cash</er>, <er>Enchase</er>, <er>3d Sash</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A box, sheath, or covering; <as>as, a <ex>case</ex> for holding goods; a <ex>case</ex> for spectacles; the <ex>case</ex> of a watch; the <ex>case</ex> (capsule) of a cartridge; a <ex>case</ex> (cover) for a book.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; <as>as, a <ex>case</ex> of goods; a <ex>case</ex> of instruments.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Cases</i> for type are usually arranged in sets of two, called respectively the <i>upper</i> and the <i>lower</i> case. The <i>upper case</i> contains capitals, small capitals, accented; the <i>lower case</i> contains the small letters, figures, marks of punctuation, quadrats, and spaces.</note>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An inclosing frame; a casing; <as>as, a door <ex>case</ex>; a window <ex>case</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A small fissure which admits water to the workings.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Case</h1> <Xpage=222>

<hw>Case</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cased</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Casing</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.</def>

<blockquote>The man who, <b>cased</b> in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To strip the skin from; <as>as, to <ex>case</ex> a box</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Case</h1> <Xpage=222>

<hw>Case</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cas</ets>, fr. L. <ets>casus</ets>, fr. <ets>cadere</ets> to fall, to happen. Cf. <er>Chance</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>By aventure, or sort, or <b>cas</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstamces; condition; state of things; affair; <as>as, a strange <ex>case</ex>; a <ex>case</ex> of injustice; the <ex>case</ex> of the Indian tribes.</as></def>