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Furnished with, protected by, or built like, a casemate. Campbell.

A mold (in the shape of a hollow vessel or incasement) of boiled rice, mashed potato or paste, baked, and afterwards filled with vegetables or meat.

To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose. His filth within being cast. Shak. Neither shall your vine cast her fruit. Mal. iii. 11 The creatures that cast the skin are the snake, the viper, etc. Bacon.

Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle; built in the style of a castle.

nce of ethics has given rise, in modern times, to a particular department of it, distinguished by the title of casuistry. Stewart. Casuistry in the science of cases (i.e., oblique deflections from the general rule). De Quincey.

A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a surf boat and for other purposes on the coasts of the East and West Indies and South America. Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of North America, and at life-saving stat…

henomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; --- formerly caled anacamptics.

Covered, or furnished with, cedars.

- applied particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his assistants.

Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned. Celebrated for the politeness of his manners. Macaulay.

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

Of or pertaining to dinner or supper. [R.] The Romans washed, were anointed, and wore a cenatory garment. Sir T. Browne.

Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites. Ceremonial observances and outward show. Hallam.

Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact. The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. Dan. ii. 45.

A fact or truth unquestionable established. Certainties are uninteresting and sating. Landor.

Washed with a preparation of white lead; as, cerused face. Beau. & Fl.

Bargaining; merchandise. [Obs.] Holished.

read or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch. See Stitch.

A key adapted to open only one of a set of locks; -- distinguished from a master key.

Furnished with a chape or chapes. [Obs.] Chaucer.