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A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called also canister shot,

Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a canvass of votes. Bacon.

Inclosed in a capsule, or as in a chest or box.

small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.

A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; -- used commonly for carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc.

cleaning and smoothing the hair of animals; -- usually consisting of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back.

That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification.

A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th century. A bay window may thus be called a carol. Parker.

ning to a range of mountains in Austro-Hungary, called the Carpathians, which partially inclose Hungary on the north, east, and south.

Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink.

A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc.

To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose. The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle. Prescott.

A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister.

ast down. O my soul" Ps. xiii. 5. -- To cast forth, to throw out, or eject, as from an inclosed place; to emit; to send out. -- To cast in one's lot with, to share the fortunes of. -- To cast in one's teeth, to upbraid or abuse one for; to twin. -- To cast lots. See under Lot. -- To cast off. (a) To discard or rej…

Inclosed within a building; as, a fountain or cistern castellated. [Obs.] Johnson.

(Typha latifolia) growing in marshes, with long, glat leaves, and having its flowers in a close cylindrical spike at the top of the stem. The leaves are frequently used for seating chairs, making mats, etc. See Catkin.

division of Quadrumana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey.

A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit. The heroic confessor in his cell. Macaulay.

The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes.

To unite firmly or closely. Shak.