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

xix. 10. And when a lady's in the case. You know all other things give place. Gay. You think this madness but a common case. Pope. I am in case to justle a constable, Shak.

To bring forth prematurely; to slink. Thy she-goats have not cast their young. Gen. xxi. 38.

order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves. The tinkers then formed an hereditary caste. Macaulay. To lose caste, to be degraded from the caste to which one has belonged; to lose social position or consideration.

A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc. Dunglison.

Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations.

ht to construct those catenæ of games, which it seems now the fashion of commentators to link together. C. J. Ellicott.

To connect, in a series of links or ties; to chain. E. Darwin.

Connection of links or union of parts, as in a chain; a regular or connected series. See Concatenation. Sir T. Browne.

Consisting of little links or chains.

A kind of warm drink for sick persons, being a mixture of wine with eggs, bread, sugar, and spices.

word or form of speech. Anglo-Saxon drencan to drench, causal of Anglo-Saxon drincan to drink. Skeat.

eat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter. To cave in. Etym: [Flem. inkalven.] (a) To fall in and leave a hollow, as earth on the side of a well or pit. (b) To submit; to yield. [Slang] H. Kingsley.

Intimation of caution; warning; protest. We think it right to enter our caveat against a conclusion. Jeffrey. Caveat emptor Etym: [L.] (Law), let the purchaser beware, i. e., let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment.

Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around.

A pipe for carrying off waste water, etc., from a sink or cesspool. Knight.

A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc. [They] put a chain of gold about his neck. Dan. v. 29.

An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; -- used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.

Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.

er a sedan borne upon poles, or two- wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig. Shak. Think what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and a chair. Pope.