Castrametation

[Lat. castrum, a camp, and met or, I measure.] ( Mil. ) The art of laying out camps, whether the troops to occupy them are to be hutted, under canvas, or bivouacked. Castrate, ( kas'trāt ,) v. a. [Lat. castro , cast ratus , probably from cast us , chaste.] To geld; to deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to mutilate; to render impotent; as, to castrate a bull. -To expurgate, or cut away the obscene parts of a book or writing. - To cut out or remove a leaf or sheet from a book, and thus impair its efficiency. Castration, n. [Fr.; Lat. cast ratio .] (Surg.) The operation of removing the testicles, which renders the individual incapable of reproduction. This privation has a great influence on the development of puberty. It is practiced to procure a clear and sharper voice. Castra'to, Castra'tus, n. [Lat.; Fr. castrat .] One who has been castrated. (In the Southern States, and elsewhere, an animal thus situated is said to be altered .) Cas'trel, n. (Zool.) See KESTREL. Cas'tren, MATTHIAS ALEXANDER, a distinguished Finnish philologist, B. 1813; D. 1852.