Part 1678

<h1>Cashew</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Ca*shew"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>acajou</ets>, for <ets>cajou</ets>, prob. from Malay <ets>k\'beyu</ets> tree; cf. Pg. <ets>acaju</ets>, cf. <er>Acajou</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tree (<spn>Anacardium occidentale</spn>) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long.</def>

<cs><col>Casbew nut</col>, <cd>the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shell by roasting the nut.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cashier</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cash*ier"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>caissier</ets>, fr. <ets>caisse</ets>. See <er>Cash</er>.]</ety> <def>One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company.</def>

<h1>Cashier</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cash*ier"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cahiered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. &vb. n.</tt> <er>Cashiering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Earlier <ets>cash</ets>, fr. F. <ets>casser</ets> to break, annul, cashier, fr. L. <ets>cassare</ets>, equiv. to <ets>cassum reddere</ets>, to annul; cf. G. <ets>cassiren</ets>. Cf. <er>Quash</er> to annul, <er>Cass</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To dismiss or discard; to discharge; to dismiss with ignominy from military service or from an office or place of frust.</def>

<blockquote>They have <b>cashiered</b> several of their followers. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He had insolence to <b>cashier</b> the captain of the lord lieutenant's own body guard. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To put away or reject; to disregard.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Connections formed for interest, and endeared

<blockquote>By selfish views, censured and <b>cashiered</b>. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They absolutely <b>cashier</b> the literal express sense of the words. <i>Sowth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cashierer</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cash*ier"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who rejects, discards, or dismisses; <as>as, a <ex>cashierer</ex> of monarchs</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Cashmere</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cash"mere</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A rich stuff for shawls, acaris, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Thibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale to Europeans.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere.</def>

<cs><col>Cashmere shawl</col>, <cd>a rich and costly shawl made of cashmere; -- other called <i>camel's-hair shawl<i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cashmerette</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cash`me*rette"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere.</def>

<h1>Cashoo</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Ca*shoo"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cachou</ets>, NL. <er>catechu</er>, Cochin-Chin. <ets>cay cau</ets> from the tree called <ets>mimosa</ets>, or <ets>areca catechu</ets>. Cf. <er>Catechu</er>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Catechu</er>.</def>

<h1>Casing</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An outside covering, for protection or ornament, or to precent the radiation of heat.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An inclosing frame; esp. the framework around a door or a window. See <er>Case</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 4.</def>