castrelt

Same as kestrel. Beau. and Fl. cast ren sial (kas-tren's hial), a. [L. cast rens is (> Sp. Pg. It. castrense ), pertaining to a camp, cast rens i an (kas-tren's hi an), a. Same as cas trensial. Coles, 1717. [Rare.] castrilt, n. Same as kestrel. castrum (kas'trum), n.; pl. castra (-trä). [L., a castle, fort, fortre , a fortified town, in pl. castra, a camp; hence ult. E. -caster, chester, and (through dim. castellum ) castle, q. v.] A Roman military camp. See camp2. IMG:content-3251.png:[graphic] trum. The ancient castle occupies the site of a Roman cas Encyc . Brit ., XIV. 254. cast-shadow (kast's had"ō), n. In painting , a shadow cast by an object within the picture, and serving to bring it out against the objects behind it. Steel which has been rendered homogeneous by remelting in crucibles or pots: for this reason sometimes called crucible or homogeneous steel. This proce was invented by Benjamin Huntsman (born in Lincoln shire, England, in 1704), and brought to perfection some time before 1770. Cast-steel is made by the melting of blister steel, bar-iron, or puddled steel, with the addition of bariron, carbon, manganese ore, or spiegeleisen, in small quantities, according to the character of the steel desired to be produced. The finest cast-steel is made from Swedish bar-iron manufactured from ore practically free from sulphur and phosphorus. See iron and steel . cast-steel (kåst′stēl), n. casual (kaz'u-al), a. and n. [ Eny brother of this ffraternyte, that hath don hys dewteys well and trewly to the ffraternite, come or fall to pouerte by the visit a cion of god, or by casuell auenture, and hath not wher-of to leve, that he maye haue, every English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 319. weke, of the almys. That which seemeth most casual and subject to fortune is yet disposed by the ordinance of God. Raleigh , Hist. of World. He tells how casual bricks in airy climb Encountered casual cow-hair, casual lime. H. and J. Smith , Rejected Addre es. casual There is an expre ion, evidently not casual or accidental, but inserted with design. D. Webster , Oct. 12, 1832. 2. Occasional; coming at uncertain times, or without regularity, in distinction from stated or regular ; incidental: as, casual expenses. Is it a certain busine or a casual ? B. Jonson, Staple of News, iii. 2. The revenue of Ireland certain and casual. Sir J. Davies, State of Ireland. Any one may do a casual act of good nature. Sterne , Sentimental Journey, p. 53. Casual ejector, in law, the name given to the defendant in the fictitious action of ejectment formerly allowed by the common law, where the real object of the action was to determine a title to land. To form the ground of such an action, the person laying claim to the land granted a lease of it to a fictitious person, usually designated John Doe, and an action was then brought in the name of John Doe against another fictitious person, usually designated Richard Roe (the casual ejector), who was stated to have illegally ejected John Doe from the land which he held on lease. The landholder was permitted to defend in place of Richard Roe, and thus the determination of the action involved the proving of the le or's right to grant a lease. This fiction is now everywhere abolished. =Syn. 1. Acci dental, Chance, etc. See occasional. II. n. 1. A person who receives relief and shelter for one night at the most in a workhouse or police-station, or who receives treatment in a hospital for an accidental injury.2. A laborer or an artisan employed only irregularly. Mayhew . - Casual ward, the ward in a workhouse or a hospital where casuals are received.