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To render useless or void; to annul; to reject; to send away. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleing.

See Cassava.

A condiment made from the sap of the bitter cassava (Manihot utilissima) deprived of its poisonous qualities, concentrated by boiling, and flavored with aromatics. See Pepper pot.

To render void or useless; to vacate or annul. [Obs.]

The act of annulling. A general cassation of their constitutions. Motley. Court of cassation, the highest court of appeal in France, which has power to quash (Casser) or reverse the decisions of the inferior courts.

A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.

A West Indian tree (Turpinia occidentalis) of the family Staphyleaceæ.

Broken paper; the outside quires of a ream.

A small war club, esp. of savages; -- so called because of its supposed use in crushing the skull.

pigment of varying permanence, consisting of impure lignite. It was found originally near Cassel (now Kassel), Germany.

A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain.

Same as Seggar.

several species of Cinnamommum grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as cassia, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more or less in strength and flavor, and the amount of outer bark attached.

An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest; the crested oriole. The name is also sometimes given to the piping crow, an Australian bird.

Helmet-shaped; -- applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet- shaped upper petal, as in aconite.

The French lavender (Lawandula Stachas).

A thin, twilled, woolen cloth, used for men's garments. [Written also kerseymere.]

A cloth with a cotton wart, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk.

See under Oval.

A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points. Great cassino, the ten of diamonds. -- Little cassino, the two of spades.