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Dejected; sorrowful; downcast. [Obs.] "So piteous and so maat." Chaucer.

acassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oil and olive oil.

tion of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle.

A caste of priests, philosophers, and magicians, among the ancient Persians; hence, any holy men or sages of the East. The inspired Magi from the Orient came. Sandys.

st important thing. [Obs., except in special uses.] Resolved to rest upon the title of Lancaster as the main, and to use the other two . . . but as supporters. Bacon.

The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.

iron, iron that is capable of extension or of being shaped under the hammer; decarbonized cast iron. See under Iron. -- Malleable iron castings, articles cast from pig iron and made malleable by heating then for several days in the presence of some substance, as hematite, which deprives the cast iron of some of its ca…

Cast steel containing a considerable percentage of manganese, which makes it very hard and tough. See Alloy steel, above.

nd remove sulphur. It is analogous in apparatus to the Bessemer process for decarbonizing cast iron. So called from Pierre Manhès, a French metallurgist, who invented it.

A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.

A stone, or cast-iron plate, or former, on which hot glass is rolled to give it shape.

Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain. [Obs.] When he saw them so piteous and so maat. Chaucer.

w oftener expressed by can. How may a man, said he, with idle speech, Be won to spoil the castle of his health ! Spenser. For what he [the king] may do is of two kinds; what he may do as just, and what he may do as possible. Bacon. For of all sad words of tongue or pen The saddest are these: "It might have been." Whitt…

To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers. Nine times the moon had mewed her horns. Dryden.

s, messages, reports, etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and render other services as required.

Deep mud; wet, spongy earth. Chaucer. He his rider from the lofty steed Would have cast down and trod in dirty mire. Spenser. Mire crow (Zoöl.), the pewit, or laughing gull. [Prov. Eng.] -- Mire drum, the European bittern. [Prov. Eng.]

Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision. His passion cast a mist before his sense. Dryden. Mist flower (Bot.), a composite plant (Eupatorium coelestinum), having heart-shaped leaves, and corymbs of lavender-blue flowers. It is found in the Western and Southern United States.…

The malleable iron produced by mitis casting; -- called also simply mitis.

A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch.

Cast; form; shape; character. Crowned with an architrave of antique mold. Pope.