case2 (kas)

[ IMG:content-3212.png:[blocks in formation] Thus wise men Repair the hurts they take by a disgrace, And piece the lion's with the fox's case . Fletcher, Beggars' Bush, iii. 1. 4. The exterior portion of a building; an outer coating for walls. The case of the holy house is nobly designed and executed by great masters. Add is on, Travels in Italy. 5. A box and its contents; hence, a quantity contained in a box. Specifically-( a ) A pair; a set. Pray thee, corporal, stay; the knocks are too hot; and for mine own part, I have not a case of lives. Shak., Hen. V., iii. 2. Lictors, gag him; do, And put a case of vizards o'er his head, That he may look bifronted, as he speaks. B. Jonson, Poetaster, v. 1. An inseparable case of coxcombs, the Gemini, or twins of foppery. B. Jonson, Pref. to Every Man out of his Humour. (b) Among glaziers, 225 square feet of crown gla ; also, 120 feet of Newcastle or Normandy gla .-6. In printing, a shallow tray of wood divided by partitions into small boxes of different sizes, in which the characters of a font of printing-types are placed for the use of the compositor. The ordinary case is about 16 inches wide, 32 inches long, and has boxes 1 inch deep. Two forms of case are required for a full font of Roman type: the upper case (so called from its higher position on the inclined composing-frame), of 98 boxes, which contains the capitals, small capitals, reference-marks, fractions, and other types in small request; and the lower case, of 54 boxes of unequal size, which contains the small-text types, spaces, and points most frequently required. The cases and boxes are arranged so that the types oftenest used are most easily reached by the compositor. For music, Greek, and Hebrew, as well as for display or jobbing type, or for any font of printing-types that has more or fewer characters than those of Roman-text type, cases of special form are made. 7. In bookbinding, a book-cover made separately from the book it is intended to inclose.-8. A triangular sac or cavity in the right side of the nose and upper portion of the head of a sperm-whale, containing oil and spermaceti, which are together called head-matter.-9. In mil it. eng in., a square or rectangular frame made from four pieces of plank joined at the corners, used (in juxtaposition to similar frames) to form a lining for a gallery or branch.-10. In loam - molding, the outer portion of a mold. Also called cope.-11. In porcelain - making, same as saggar.-12. Milit., same as case - shot. -13. In mining, a fi ure through which water finds its way into a mine. [Cornwall. Rarely used.]-14. The wooden frame in which a door is hung. Also called casing.-15. The wall surrounding a staircase. Also called casing. case-harden (kāsʼhär"dn), v. t. To harden the outer part or surface of, as anything made of iron, by converting the iron into steel. See "plate" or cover (gla ) with a layer of a different color. (d) In bookbinding , to cover with a case. See case2, n., 7. After stitching, books which are to be cased up with uncut edges have their face and tail cut square by means of a trimming-machine. Encyc . Brit ., IV. 44. 2. In printing , to put into the proper compart- ments of compositors' cases; lay: as, to case a font of type.-3t. To remove the case or skin of; uncase; skin. We'll make you some sport with the fox, ere we case him. Shak., All's Well, iii. 6. Cased gla , gla made in several layers, usually of dif- ferent colors, by cutting through which to different depths an effect like that of cameo is produced. The ancient Roman gla of this kind was cut by hand in the man- ner of gem-cutting. The proce in use at the present day consists in covering the outside of a colorle gla ball with a thin case of colored gla , and fusing the two together, repeating the operation as often as desired; the whole is then blown into the shape required before the cutting is done. Also called cameo - gla . - Cased sash-frames, sash-frames which have their interior ver- tical sides hollow to admit the weights which balance the sashes, and at the same time conceal them. as bone, parings of horses' hoofs, or leather. This is done in a smith's forge, or in any suit- caseic (kā sē-ik), a. [L. case us, cheese, + -ic ; = F. caséique = Sp. caséico .] Of, pertain ing to, or derived from cheese. - Caseic acid, an acid obtained from cheese. casein, caseine (kā sē-in), n. [L. case us, cheese, + -in2, -ine2; = F. caséine = Sp. case- ina.] The chief nitrogenous ingredient of milk. It does not coagulate spontaneously, like fibrin, nor by heat, like albumen, but by the action of acids and of ren- net. Cheese made from skimmed milk and well pre ed is nearly pure coagulated casein. It is closely allied to, if not identical with, legumin, which occurs in many vege- tables. Casein is one of the most important elements of animal nutrition as found in milk and leguminous plants. Its chemical constitution is not fully understood. It con- tains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, a little sulphur, and about 15.5 per cent. of nitrogen. Also called caseum.- Casein glue, a glue made by di olving casein in a strong solution of borax, used as a substitute for ordinary glue by book binders and joiners. case-knife (kās'nīf), n . 1. A knife carried in a case or sheath. The poet, being resolved to save his heroine's honour, has so ordered it that the king always acts with a great case- knife stuck in his girdle, which the lady snatches from him in the struggle, and so defends herself. low carriage mounted on three wheels, the for- ward wheel being pivoted to facilitate changes of direction: used for transporting cannon and ammunition within the galleries of permanent works. casement (kās'- or kāz'ment), n. [Short for incasement, , later a ibilated encha ement (> E. enchase ment , q. v.), lit. a set- ting in or incasing: see incase and -ment.] In arch.: (a) A frame for gla , as forming a win- dow or part of a window, and made to open by swinging on hinges which are generally affixed to a vertical side of the opening into which it IMG:content-3213.png:[blocks in formation] 2. An old name for a table-knife, still some--ous; = F. caséeux = Sp. Pg. caseoso = It. caci- times used. case ling (kās'ling), n. [E. dial., case2 + -ling .] The skin of a beast that has died by accident IMG:content-3214.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-3215.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-3216.png:[blocks in formation] pearance. IMG:content-3217.png:[blocks in formation] mate , casamat (after It.); case matte, kasematte , formerly casamat (after It.), = Dan. kasematte = Sw. kasematt = Ru . kazematů , F.casemate , formerly also chasmate , = It. casa matt a = Sp. Pg. casamata (ML.casa- malta , for * casa matt a ), a casemate; of uncer- tain formation: explained as (1) orig. It., weak.' 'false, 'dark,' or 'concealed chamber'?); or weak, dial. also false, and dim, dark (as if (2) orig. Sp., as if casa de * mat a , for matanza , 'a house of slaughter,' like the equiv. E. slaugh- ter - house , a casemate (see quotations from Flo- rio and Cotgrave), or the G. mord - keller ('mur- dering-cellar'), a casemate: casa , a house; de ( de ), of; matanza , slaughter, matar = Pg. matar , L. mactare , slaughter: see mactation , mactator, matador .] 1. In fort .: (a) A vault of stone or brickwork, usually built in the thick- ne of the rampart of a fortre , and pierced in front with embrasures, through which artil- lery may be fired. Casa matt a [It.], a kinde of fortification called in Eng. lish a Casamat or a slaughter house, and is a place built low under the wall or bulwarcke, not arriuing vnto the height of the ditch, seruing to skoure the ditch, annoying IMG:content-3218.png:[blocks in formation] Each bastion was honeycombed with casemates and sub- terrane an storehouses. Motley , Dutch Republic, II. 151. (b) A shell-proof vault of stone or brick de- signed to protect troops, ammunition, etc. Take a garrison in of some two hundred, To beat those pioneers off, that carry a mine Would blow you up at last. Secure your casa mates. B. Jonson , Staple of News, i. 1. (ct) An embrasure. Casemate [F.], a case-mate ; a loop, or loop-hole in a fortified wall. Cotgrave. 2. The armored bulkhead surrounding guns in iron-clad ships of war, and pierced with port- holes through which the guns are run out.- IMG:content-3219.png:[blocks in formation] caseum (kā'sē-um), n. cheese.] Same as casein . case weed (kās'wēd), n. weed ; case2 (= cash2 , a money-box, a purse) + weed1 .] A name of the shepherd's-purse, Cap sell a Bursa - pastor is . case-work (kās werk), n . 1. In bookbinding : (a) The making of cases or covers in which sewed books are bound. (b) A book glued on the back and stuck into a cover prepared be- forehand to receive it.-2. In printing , type- setting; composition. cash Cashing the greatest part of his land army, he only re tained 1000 of the best soldiers. Sir A. Gorges , in Purchas's Pilgrimage.