Part 1692

<h1>Casualty</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cas"u*al*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Casualties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>casualit\'82</ets>, LL. <ets>casualitas</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency.</def>

<blockquote>Losses that befall them by mere <b>casualty</b>. <i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; <as>as, an unhappy <ex>casualty</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Mil. & Naval)</fld> <def>Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion.</def>

<cs><col>Casualty ward</col>, <cd>A ward in a hospital devoted to the treatment of injuries received by accident.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Accident; contingency; fortuity; misfortune.</syn>

<h1>Casuarina</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cas`u*a*ri"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., supposed to be named from the resemblance of the twigs to the feathers of the cassowary, of the genus <ets>Casuarius</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of leafles trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called <i>beefwood</i> from its color.</def>

<h1>Casuist</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cas"u*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>casus</ets> fall, case; cf. F. <ets>casuiste</ets>. See <er>Casual</er>.]</ety> <def>One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry.</def>

<blockquote>The judment of any <b>casuist</b> or learned divine concerning the state of a man's soul, is not sufficient to give him confidence. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Casuist</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cas"u*ist</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To play the casuist.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Casuistic, Casuistieal</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw><hw>Cas`u*is"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cas`u*is"tie*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to casuists or casuistry.</def>

<h1>Casuistry</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cas"u*ist*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the Scriptures, from the laws of society or the church, or from equity and natural reason; the application of general moral rules to particular cases.</def>

<blockquote>The consideration of these nice and puzzling question in the science of ethics has given rise, in modern times, to a particular department of it, distinguished by the title of <b>casuistry</b>. <i>Stewart.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Casuistry</b> in the science of cases (i.e., oblique deflections from the general rule). <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals.</def>

<h1>Casus</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Ca"sus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination of circumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under <er>Accident</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Casus belli</col>, <cd>an event or combination of events which is a cause war, or may be alleged as a justification of war.</cd> -- <col>Casus fortuitus</col>, <cd>an accident against which due prudence could not have provided. See <cref>Act of God</cref>, under <er>Act</er>.</cd> -- <col>Casus omissus</col>, <cd>a case not provided for by the statute.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cat</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cat</ets>; akin to D. & Dan. <ets>kat</ets>, Sw. <ets>kett</ets>, Icel. <ets>k\'94ttr</ets>, G. <ets>katze</ets>, <ets>kater</ets>, Ir. <ets>Cat</ets>, W. <ets>cath</ets>, Armor. <ets>kaz</ets>, LL. <ets>catus</ets>, Bisc. catua, NGr <?/, <?/, Russ. & Pol. <ets>cot</ets>, Turk. <ets>kedi</ets>, Ar. <ets>qitt</ets>; of unknown origin. CF. <er>Ketten</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An animal of various species of the genera <spn>Felis</spn> and <spn>Lynx</spn>. The domestic cat is <spn>Felis domestica</spn>. The European wild cat (<spn>Felis catus</spn>) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name <i>wild cat</i> is commonly applied to the bay lynx (<spn>Lynx rufus</spn>) See <er>Wild cat</er>, and <er>Tiger cat</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; The domestic cat includes many varieties named from their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the <i>Angora cat</i>; the <i>Maltese cat</i>; the <i>Manx cat</i>.</note>