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A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.

The quantity contained in a cask.

Anything containing or intended to contain something highly esteemed; as: (a) The body. (Shak). (b) The tomb. (Milton). (c) A book of selections. [poetic] They found him dead . . . an empty casket. Shak.

. It can not be welded or forged, is brittle, and sometimes very hard. Besides carbon, it contains sulphur, phosphorus, silica, etc.

A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain condiments at the table; as, a set of casters.

A book containing a summary of principles, especially of religious doctrine, reduced to the form of questions and answers. The Jews, even till this day, have their catechisms. Hooker. The Larger Catechism, The Shorter Catechism. See Westminster Assembly, under Assembly.

on and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc. Ure. Dunglison.

Relating to a cause or causes; inplying or containing a cause or causes; expressing a cause; causative. Causal propositions are where two propositions are joined by causal words. Watts.

Containing caverns. The wolves yelled on the caverned hill. Byron.

Containing a body cavity; as, the cavitary or nematoid worms.

Containing a cell or cells.

Consisting of, or containing, cells; of or pertaining to a cell or cells. Cellular plants, Cellular cryptogams (Bot.), those flowerless plants which have no ducts or fiber in their tissue, as mosses, fungi, lichens, and algæ. -- Cellular theory, or Cell theory (Biol.), a theory, according to which the essential elemen…

Consisting of, or containing, cells.

nuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; -- an official in some European countries.

Relating to, or containing, a census. He caused the whole realm to be described in a censual roll. Sir R. Baker.

Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant or equally accessible from certain points. Central force (Math.), a force acting upon a body towards or away from a fixed or movable center. -- Center sun (Astron.), a nam…

Pertaining to, or containing, cerasin.

The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic church, or the book containing the rules presribed to be observed on solemn occasions.

A cosmetic containing white lead. To distinguish ceruse from natural bloom. Macaulay.

An oil obtained by distillation of peat, and containing various members of the pyridine series.