Part 1682

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A garment resembling a long frock coat worn by the clergy of certain churches when officiating, and by others as the usually outer garment.</def>

<h1>Cassocked</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas"socked</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Clothed with a cassock.</def>

<h1>Cassolette</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas`so*lette"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>a box, or vase with a perforated cover to emit perfumes.</def>

<h1>Cassonade</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas`son*ade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>casson</ets>, for <ets>caisson</ets> a large chest. This sugar comes from Brazil in large chests.]</ety> <def>Raw sugar; sugar not refined.</def>

<i>Mc Elrath.</i>

<h1>Cassowary</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas"so*wa*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cassowaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Malay <ets>kasu\'beri</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large bird, of the genus <spn>Casuarius</spn>, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc.</def>

<h1>Cassumunar, Cassumuniar</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw><hw>Cas`su*mu"nar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cas`su*mu"ni*ar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A pungent, bitter, aromatic, gingerlike root, obtained from the East Indies.</def>

<h1>Cast</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cast</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Casting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. Dan. <ets>kastw</ets>, Icel. & Sw. <ets>kasta</ets>; perh. akin to L. <er>gerer</er> to bear, carry. E. <ets>Jest</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.</def>

<blockquote>Uzziash prepared . . . slings to <b>cast</b> stones. <i>2 Chron. xxvi. 14</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Cast</b> thy garment about thee, and follow me. <i>Acts. xii. 8</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>We must be <b>cast</b> upon a certain island. <i>Acts. xxvii. 26.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To direct or turn, as the eyes.</def>

<blockquote>How earnestly he <b>cast</b> his eyes upon me! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To drop; to deposit; <as>as, to <ex>cast</ex> a ballot</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To throw down, as in wrestling.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.</def>

<blockquote>Thine enemies shall <b>cast</b> a trench about thee. <i>Luke xix. 48.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.</def>

<blockquote>His filth within being <b>cast</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Neither shall your vine <b>cast</b> her fruit. <i>Mal. iii. 11</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The creatures that <b>cast</b> the skin are the snake, the viper, etc. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>