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Resembling, or of the nature of, brash, or broken fragments; broken; crumbly.

The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water.

The fruit of the calabash tree.

front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage. The baroness in a calash capable of holding herself, her two children, and her servants. W. Irving.

A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations of turtle.

See Calipash.

A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.

The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet.

where it is deposited and paid out; a money box. [Obs.] This bank is properly a general cash, where every man lodges his money. Sir W. Temple. £20,000 are known to be in her cash. Sir R. Winwood.

A form of cash carrier in which a small carrier or car travels upon a kind of track.

A device for recording the amount of cash received, usually having an automatic adding machine and a money drawer and exhibiting the amount of the sale.

A book in which is kept a register of money received or paid out.

ped hypocarp, about three inches long. Casbew nut, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shell by roasting the nut.

One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company.

A check drawn by a bank upon its own funds, signed by the cashier.

One who rejects, discards, or dismisses; as, a cashierer of monarchs. [R.] Burke.

A rich stuff for shawls, acaris, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Thibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale to Europeans.

A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere.

See Catechu.

To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.