<B>cashmere, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a fine, soft wool, used in making sweaters or coats. The finest cashmere is obtained from a breed of long-haired goats of Asia. <DD><B> b. </B><B>=Cashmere shawl.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>a fine, soft wool from sheep. <DD><B> 3. </B>a fine, soft woolen cloth. </DL>
<A NAME="cashmerette">
<B>cashmerette, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fabric for women's dresses, made with a soft and glossy surface, in imitation of cashmere. </DL>
<A NAME="cashmeregoat">
<B>Cashmere goat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a breed of long-haired goats, famous for fine, silky wool. They live in Kashmir and Tibet. Also, <B>Kashmir goat.</B> </DL>
<B>cash on delivery,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> payment when goods are delivered. (Abbr.) C.O.D. </DL>
<A NAME="cashonthebarrelhead">
<B>cash on the barrelhead,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) ready money for immediate payment. <BR> <I>Ex. Many foreign concerns will no longer ship goods to Istanbul without cash on the barrelhead (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cashoo">
<B>cashoo, </B>noun. <B>=catechu.</B></DL>
<A NAME="cashpoint">
<B>cashpoint, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an electronic machine from which money can be withdrawn after inserting an identification card and keying in an account number; automatic teller machine. </DL>
<A NAME="cashregister">
<B>cash register,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a machine which records and shows the amount of a sale. It usually has a drawer to hold money. <BR> <I>Ex. Even the familiar cash register is really a highly developed and efficient accounting machine (Schmidt and Bergstrom).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cashsurrendervalue">
<B>cash surrender value,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the amount of money, out of the total reserve of an insurance policy, that is guaranteed to the insured if he should cancel or surrender the policy before it becomes payable. </DL>
<B>casimire</B> or <B>casimere, </B>noun. <B>=cassimere.</B></DL>
<A NAME="casing">
<B>casing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a covering put around something; case: <DD><B> a. </B>the heavy body and tread of a pneumatic tire, made of rubber and textile cords; shoe. <DD><B> b. </B>a frame. <BR> <I>Ex. A window fits in a casing.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>a steel pipe lining an oil well. <DD><B> d. </B>an intestine, usually of cattle, hogs, or sheep, cleaned, salted, and used to hold sausage meat. <DD><B> e. </B>the outside shell of a turbine that directs the flowing fluids against the turbine wheel. </DL>
<A NAME="casinghead">
<B>casinghead, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the fitting attached to the top of an oil or gas well. </DL>
<A NAME="casingheadgas">
<B>casinghead gas,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> natural gas taken at the casinghead of an oil well. <BR> <I>Ex. The commission said the liquid fuel content of casinghead gas and its value as residue gas for pipelines is enough to justify expense (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="casingheadgasoline">
<B>casinghead gasoline,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the gasoline condensed from casinghead gas; natural gasoline. </DL>
<A NAME="casingnail">
<B>casing nail,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a nail having a flaring head designed to lie flush with the surface into which the nail is driven. </DL>
<A NAME="casino">
<B>casino, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a building or room for public shows, dancing, and gambling. <BR> <I>Ex. If he is a man of substance and leisure he may even be ... gambling in tuxedoed tranquility at the world's biggest casino (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=casino,</B> a card game. <DD><B> 3. </B>a small country house in Italy; lodge; summer house. <BR> <I>Ex. And thus Vasari, together with Vignola (1507-63), designed the Villa Giulia, the country casino of Pope Julius III (Nikolaus Pevsner).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cask">
<B>cask, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a barrel. A cask may be large or small, and is usually made to hold liquids. (SYN) keg, tun. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a cask with its contents. <BR> <I>Ex. They sell cider at $10 a cask. The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the amount that a cask holds. </DL>
<A NAME="casket">
<B>casket, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a coffin. <BR> <I>Ex. Members ... mounted guard and stood around the casket (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a small box or chest, often fine and beautiful, used to hold jewels, letters, or other valuables. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a receptacle of anything that is valued. <BR> <I>Ex. I unlock the casket of memory (William Hazlitt).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to place or enclose in or as if in a casket. <BR> <I>Ex. the beauties casketed like gems within these walls (Washington Irving).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="casking">
<B>casking, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the filling of casks. <BR> <I>Ex. the casking of wine after the vintage.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>wine in casks, collectively. </DL>
<A NAME="caslon">
<B>Caslon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an old-style printing type designed by William Caslon, an English type founder, 1692-1766, or a face imitating his design. </DL>
<A NAME="casparianstrip">
<B>Casparian strip,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) a water-resistant strip or band occurring in the radial and end walls of endodermal cells. </DL>
<A NAME="caspian">
<B>Caspian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the Caspian Sea or the lands around it. <BR> <I>Ex. Caspian plain, Caspian tern.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="caspiantern">
<B>Caspian tern,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large tern with a shining black crest and pearl-gray back and wings. The Caspian tern is found along seacoasts throughout the world. </DL>
<A NAME="casque">
<B>casque, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a piece of armor to cover the head; helmet. <BR> <I>Ex. the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Zoology.) any helmetlike structure. The frontal boss or shield of certain birds such as the cassowary is a casque. </DL>
<A NAME="casqued">
<B>casqued, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> wearing a casque or casques. <BR> <I>Ex. Clothed in a dragon's dress, belted and casqued (Scott).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="casquet">
<B>casquet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a light and open helmet or casque, without beaver or visor. </DL>
<A NAME="casquetel">
<B>casquetel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small open helmet of a light kind, without beaver or visor, having flexible plates to cover the neck behind. </DL>
<A NAME="casquette">
<B>casquette, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a brimless hat or cap having a visor and resembling a casque. </DL>
<A NAME="cassaba">
<B>cassaba, </B>noun. <B>=casaba.</B></DL>
<A NAME="cassandra">
<B>Cassandra, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Greek Legend.) a daughter of King Priam of Troy. Apollo gave her the power to foretell the future, but later in anger punished her by ordering that no one should believe her prophecies. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who prophesies misfortune, but is not believed. </DL>
<A NAME="cassareep">
<B>cassareep, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condensed juice of the bitter cassava, used as a seasoning. </DL>
<A NAME="cassata">
<B>cassata, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fancy Italian ice cream with candied fruit and nuts. </DL>
<A NAME="cassation">
<B>cassation</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of making null or void; annulment or reversal. </DL>
<A NAME="cassation">
<B>cassation</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small serenade of the 1700's, often performed outdoors. <BR> <I>Ex. These pieces are patently street music; like cassations of old, both for and of the open air (Saturday Review).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cassava">
<B>cassava, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a tropical plant with starchy roots; manioc. It belongs to the spurge family. <DD><B> 2. </B>a starch made from its roots. Bitter cassava, the source of tapioca, contains in its roots a bitter, inedible acid that is removed by grinding and washing the roots. A variety called sweet cassava may be eaten like potatoes. </DL>
<A NAME="cassegrain">
<B>Cassegrain, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a telescope in which the light is reflected back through a hole in the main concave mirror, from a convex mirror placed between the main mirror and its focal point. </DL>
<A NAME="cassegrainiantelescope">
<B>Cassegrainian telescope, =Cassegrain.</B></DL>
<A NAME="casselbrown">
<B>Cassel brown</B> or <B>earth, =Vandyke brown.</B></DL>
<A NAME="casserole">
<B>casserole, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a covered baking dish in which food can be both cooked and served. Most casseroles are made of stoneware or glass. <DD><B> b. </B>food cooked and served in such a dish. Casseroles usually consist of meat, cheese, or vegetables in macaroni, rice, or mashed potatoes, and sauce. <BR> <I>Ex. keeps all foods, from spaghetti to stews, casseroles to baked beans, enjoyably warm for hours and hours (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> c. </B>a mold, often of boiled rice, mashed potatoes, or macaroni, filled with meat, cheese, or vegetables. <DD><B> d. </B>(Especially British.) a saucepan. <DD><B> 2. </B>a small, deep porcelain dish with a handle, used in chemical laboratories for heating substances. </DL>
<A NAME="cassette">
<B>cassette, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a cartridge of photographic roll film, magnetic tape, or typewriter ribbon. <BR> <I>Ex. a 35-mm. camera with interchangeable cassettes (Newsweek); a mono signal when played on a monophonic cassette recorder (Saturday Review).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a cartridge of videotape to play on a home television set. <DD><B> 3. </B>a case of baked clay, usually round with a flat bottom, in which china and other delicate ware are enclosed while baking; sagger. </DL>
<A NAME="cassia">
<B>cassia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an inferior kind of cinnamon, made from cassia bark. <BR> <I>Ex. Much of our cassia comes from China (Science News Letter).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the tree. It belongs to the laurel family. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=cassia bark.</B> <DD><B> 4. </B>a plant yielding leaves and pods that are used in making senna. It belongs to the pea family. <DD><B> 5. </B>the pods or their pulp. </DL>
<A NAME="cassiabark">
<B>cassia bark,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the bark of a tree of the laurel family of southern China, yielding cassia; Chinese cinnamon. </DL>
<A NAME="cassiabud">
<B>cassia bud,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the bud of the cassia, used as a spice. </DL>
<A NAME="cassiaoil">
<B>cassia oil,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a yellow or brownish volatile oil with a strongly sweet taste and an odor like that of cinnamon, obtained from the twigs and leaves of the cassia and used as a flavoring in foods and as an ingredient in perfumes. Also called <B>oil of cinnamon.</B> </DL>
