Part 1687

<hw>Cas`tel*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>castellation</ets>, fr. <ets>castellare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>castellum</ets>. See <er>Castle</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of making into a castle.</def>

<h1>Caster</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cast"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who casts; <as>as, <ex>caster</ex> of stones, etc.</as> ; a <i>caster</i> of cannon; a <i>caster</i> of accounts.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain condiments at the table; <as>as, a set of <ex>casters</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A stand to hold a set of cruets.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported and moved.</def>

<h1>Castigate</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas"ti*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Castigated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Castigating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>castigatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>castigare</ets> to correct, punish; <ets>castus</ets> pure, chaste + <ets>agere</ets> to move, drive. See <er>Caste</er>, and cf. <er>Chasten</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To emend; to correct.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Castigation</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas`ti*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>catigatio</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.</def>

<blockquote>The keenest <b>castigation</b> of her slanderers. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Emendation; correction.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Castigator</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas`ti*ga"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who castigates or corrects.</def>

<h1>Castigatory</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas`ti*ga*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>castigatorius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Punitive in order to amendment; corrective.</def>

<h1>Castigatory</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas"ti*ga*to*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a <altname>ducking stool</altname>, or <altname>trebucket</altname>.</def>

<i>Blacktone.</i>

<h1>Castile soap</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas"tile soap"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[From <ets>Castile</ets>, or <ets>Castilia</ets>, a province in Spain, from which it originally came.]</ety> <def>A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap.</def>

<h1>Castilian</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas*til"ian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>castellano</ets>, from <ets>Castila</ets>, NL. <ets>Castilia</ets>, <ets>Castella</ets>. Castile, which received its name from the castles erected on the frontiers as a barrier against the Moors.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An inhabitant or native of Castile, in Spain.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The Spanish language as spoken in Castile.</def>

<h1>Castillan</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas*til"lan</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Castile, in Spain.</def>