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A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points. Great cassino, the ten of diamonds. -- Little cassino, the two of spades.

The fruit of the Viburnum obovatum, a shrub which grows from Virginia to Florida.

and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabuolous king of Ethiopia. Cassiopeia's Chair, a group of six stars, in Cassiopeia, somewhat resembling a chair.

ing in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See Black tin, under Black.…

ds of tin upon certain salts of gold. It is used in painting and staining porcelain and glass to give a beautiful purple color. Commonly called Purple of Cassius.

A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as well as by soldiers as part of their uniform.

Clothed with a cassock.

a box, or vase with a perforated cover to emit perfumes.

Raw sugar; sugar not refined. Mc Elrath.

A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird,…

A pungent, bitter, aromatic, gingerlike root, obtained from the East Indies.

To make the movement called chassé; as, all chassé; chassé to the right or left.

See Chasse, n., above.

A French coasting lugger.

A white grape, esteemed for the table.

A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needle gun.

An attendant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a plume and sword. The great chasseur who had announced her arrival. W. Irving.

A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gum moves backward and forward. [See Gun carriage.]

A messenger or servant wearing an official badge. [Anglo- Indian]