*cass*

n. 1. a cassette for audio tape. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Carcasses [ Written also carcase. ] [ F. carcasse, fr. It. carcassa, fr. L. caro flesh + capsa chest, box, case. Cf. Carnal, Case a sheath. ] 1. A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast. [ 1913 Webster ]

He turned to see the carcass of the lion. Judges xiv. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

This kept thousands in the town whose carcasses went into the great pits by cartloads. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The living body; -- now commonly used in contempt or ridicule. “To pamper his own carcass.” South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lovely her face; was ne'er so fair a creature.
For earthly carcass had a heavenly feature. Oldham. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

A rotten carcass of a boat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mil.) A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

A discharge of carcasses and bombshells. W. Iving. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. casser, LL. cassare, fr. L. cassus empty, hollow, and perhaps influenced by L. quassare to shake, shatter, v. intens. of quatere to shake. Cf. Cashier, v. t., Quash, Cask. ] To render useless or void; to quash; to annul; to reject; to send away. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cassava. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A condiment made from the sap of the bitter cassava (Manihot utilissima) deprived of its poisonous qualities, concentrated by boiling, and flavored with aromatics. See Pepper pot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ LL. cassare. See Cass. ] To render void or useless; to vacate or annul. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cassation. See Cass. ] The act of annulling. [ 1913 Webster ]

A general cassation of their constitutions. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Court of cassation, the highest court of appeal in France, which has power to quash (Casser) or reverse the decisions of the inferior courts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cassave, Sp. cazabe, fr. kasabi, in the language of Haiti. ] 1. (Bot.) A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are two species, bitter and sweet, from which the cassava of commerce is prepared in the West Indies, tropical America, and Africa. The bitter (Manihot utilissima) is the more important; this has a poisonous sap, but by grating, pressing, and baking the root the poisonous qualities are removed. The sweet (Manihot Aipi) is used as a table vegetable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A West Indian tree (Turpinia occidentalis) of the family Staphyleaceæ. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } A brown pigment of varying permanence, consisting of impure lignite. It was found originally near Cassel (now Kassel), Germany. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ F. papier cassé. See Cass. ] Broken paper; the outside quires of a ream. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ F. a saucepan, dim. from casse a basin. ] 1. (Chem.) A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cookery) A mold (in the shape of a hollow vessel or incasement) of boiled rice, mashed potato or paste, baked, and afterwards filled with vegetables or meat. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. casser to break (see 2d Quash) + tête head. ] A small war club, esp. of savages; -- so called because of its supposed use in crushing the skull. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F., prop., a casket, dim. of casse a case. See 1st Case. ] 1. Same as Seggar. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a small case to hold a removable part of some mechanism, designed for convenience in inserting and removing the working part. Most commonly referring to a tape cassette, made mostly of plastic, which holds a reel of magnetic tape for tape players or tape recorders or video cassette recorders. The term may refer, as for tape cassettes, to the integrated case plus tape, or sometimes only to the case itself separate from the contents. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ L. cassia and casia, Gr. kassi`a and kasi`a; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. qetsīāh, fr. qātsa' to cut off, to peel off. ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of several species furnish the senna used in medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The bark of several species of Cinnamomum grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as cassia, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more or less in strength and flavor, and the amount of outer bark attached. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The medicinal “cassia” (Cassia pulp) is the laxative pulp of the pods of a leguminous tree (Cassia fistula or Pudding-pipe tree), native in the East Indies but naturalized in various tropical countries. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cassia bark, the bark of Cinnamomum cassia, etc. The coarser kinds are called Cassia lignea, and are often used to adulterate true cinnamon. --
Cassia buds, the dried flower buds of several species of cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia, atc..). --
Cassia oil, oil extracted from cassia bark and cassia buds; -- called also oil of cinnamon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. cassicus helmeted, fr. L. cassis a belmet. ] (Zool.) An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest; the crested oriole. The name is also sometimes given to the piping crow, an Australian bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Cassis helmet. ] (Bot.) Helmet-shaped; -- applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LL. cassidonium, F. cassidoine. See Chalcedony. ] (Bot.) (a) The French lavender (Lavandula Stœchas). (b) The goldilocks (Chrysocoma Linosyris) and perhaps other plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a type of tropical American thorny shrub or small tree (Acacia farnesiana); it bears fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery.
Syn. -- huisache, mimosa bush, sweet wattle, sweet acacia, scented wattle, flame tree, Acacia farnesiana. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. casimir, prob. of the same origin as E. cashmere. Cf. Kerseymere. ] A thin, twilled, woolen cloth, used for men's garments. [ Written also kerseymere. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Sp. casinete, G. cassinet. ] A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Math.) See under Oval. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. casino a small house, a gaming house. See casino. ] A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great cassino, the ten of diamonds. --
Little cassino, the two of spades.

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n. [ NL. cassine, from the language of the Florida Indians. ] The fruit of the Viburnum obovatum, a shrub which grows from Virginia to Florida. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated between Cepheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabulous king of Ethiopia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cassiopeia's Chair, a group of six stars, in Cassiopeia, somewhat resembling a chair. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; tin. ] (Min.) Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See Black tin, under Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the name of the discoverer, A. Cassius, a German physician of the 17th centry. ] A brownish purple pigment, obtained by the action of some compounds of tin upon certain salts of gold. It is used in painting and staining porcelain and glass to give a beautiful purple color. Commonly called Purple of Cassius. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. casaque, fr. It. casacca, perh. fr. L. casa cottage, in It., house; or of Slavic origin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as well as by soldiers as part of their uniform. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) A garment resembling a long frock coat worn by the clergy of certain churches when officiating, and by others as the usually outer garment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Clothed with a cassock. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] a box, or vase, with a perforated cover to emit perfumes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. casson, for caisson a large chest. This sugar comes from Brazil in large chests. ] Raw sugar; sugar not refined. Mc Elrath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cassowaries [ Malay kasuāri. ] (Zool.) A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Hind. ] (Med.) A pungent, bitter, aromatic, gingerlike root, obtained from the East Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Circassia, in Asia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Circassia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. fricassée, fr. fricasser to fry, fricassee; cf. LL. fricare, perh. for frictare, fricare, frictum, to rub. Cf. Fry, Friction. ] (Cookery) A dish made of fowls, veal, or other meat of small animals cut into pieces, and stewed in a gravy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fricasseed p. pr. &. vb. n. Fricasseeing. ] To dress like a fricassee. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oil and olive oil. Cf. antimacassar. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } prop. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee. See Malagasy [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The language of the natives of Madagascar. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants; now replaced by Madagascan. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ F. ] (Her.) A young wild boar. [ 1913 Webster ]