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te; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.

A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindoos. Brahman bull (Zoöl.), the male of a variety of the zebu, or Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindoos.

3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Caster, a small wheel.

Same as Castellany.

." Carew. "Clods of iron and brass." Milton. "Clods of blood." E. Fairfax. The earth that casteth up from the plow a great clod, is not so good as that which casteth up a smaller clod. Bacon.

his palace; but these powers are now abridged. The counties palatine, in England, are Lancaster, Chester, and Durham. -- County rates, rates levied upon the county, and collected by the boards of guardians, for the purpose of defraying the expenses to which counties are liable, such as repairing bridges, jails, etc.…

a first throw of the dice in which the total is two, three, or twelve, in which case the caster loses.

iai or small glass bottle for holding vinegar, oil, pepper, or the like, for the table; a caster. Swift.

Same as Decastere.

d, demolished, ruined, slain, or devastated. This town came to destruction. Chaucer. Thou castedst them down into destruction. Ps. lxxiii. 18.

olently or in great quantities from a confined place. This mountain when it rageth, . . . casteth forth huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone. Hakluyt. They loudly laughed To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught. Dryden.

o clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons. Factious for the house of Lancaster. Shak.

One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types. Fonder's dust. Same as Facing, 4. -- Founder's sand, a kind of sand suitable for purposes of molding.

msy vessels, with bulwarks three or four feet thick, and built up at stem and stern, like castels. Motley.

A framework moving on casters, designed to support children while learning to walk.

orderly arrangement; the state of being graded or arranged in ranks; as, the gradation of castes.

d courageously. And in my standard bear the arms of York, To grapple with the house of Lancaster. Shak.

gnized by Richard III. in 1483, consisting of the three Kings-at-Arms and the Chester, Lancaster, Richmond, Somerset, Windsor, and York Heralds, together with the Earl Marshal. This retains from the Middle Ages the charge of the armorial bearings of persons privileged to bear them, as well as of genealogies and kindred…

A person born in India, of mixed Indian and British blood; a half-caste. Malcom.