Part 1686

<hw>Cas*ta"ne*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a chestnut, fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of nut-bearing trees or shrubs including the chestnut and chinquapin.</def>

<h1>Castanet</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas"ta*net</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Castanets</er>.</def>

<h1>Castanets</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas"ta*nets</hw>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>castagnettes</ets>, Sp. <ets>casta\'a4etas</ets>, fr. L. <ets>castanea</ets> (Sp. <ets>casta\'a4a</ets>) a chestnut. So named from the resemblance to two chestnuts, or because chestnuts were first used for castanets. See <er>Chestnut</er>.]</ety> <def>Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars.</def>

<note>&hand; The singular, <i>castanet</i>, is used of <i>one</i> of the pair, or, sometimes, of the pair forming the instrument.</note>

<blockquote>The dancer, holding a <b>castanet</b> in each hand, rattles then to the motion of his feet. <i>Moore (Encyc. of Music).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Castaway</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cast"a*way</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.</def>

<blockquote>Lest . . . <b>when I have preached to others</b>, <b>I myself should be a castaway</b>. <i>1 Cor. ix. 27.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Casaway</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas"a*way</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of no value; rejected; useless.</def>

<h1>Caste</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Caste</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pg. <ets>casta</ets> race, lineage, fr. L. <ets>castus</ets> pure, chaste: cf. F. <ets>caste</ets>, of same origin.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.</def>

<note>&hand; The members of the same caste are theoretically of equal rank, and same profession or occupation, and may not eat or intermarry with those not of their own caste. The original are four, viz., the <i>Brahmans</i>, or sacerdotal order; the <i>Kshatriyas</i>, or soldiers and rulers; the <i>Vaisyas</i>, or husbandmen and merchants; and the <i>Sudras</i>, or laborers and mechanics. Men of no caste are <i>Pariahs</i>, outcasts. Numerous mixed classes, or <i>castes</i>, have sprung up in the progress of time.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves.</def>

<blockquote>The tinkers then formed an hereditary <b>caste</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To lose caste</col>, <cd>to be degraded from the caste to which one has belonged; to lose social position or consideration.</cd></cs>

<h1>Castellan</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas"tel*lan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>castelain</ets>, F. <ets>ch\'83telain</ets>, L. <ets>castellanus</ets> pertaining to a castle, an occupant of a caste, LL., a governor of a castle, fr. L. <ets>catellum</ets> castle, citadel, dim. of <ets>castrum</ets> fortifled place. See <er>Castle</er>, and cf. <er>Chatelaine</er>.]</ety> <def>A goveror or warden of a castle.</def>

<h1>Castellany</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas"tel*la*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Castellanies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[LL. <ets>castellania</ets>.]</ety> <def>The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle.</def>

<h1>Castellated</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas"tel*la`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>castellatus</ets>, fr. <ets>castellare</ets>. See <er>Castle</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Inclosed within a building; <as>as, a fountain or cistern <ex>castellated</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle; built in the style of a castle.</def>

<h1>Castellation</h1> <Xpage=223>