Definition of case

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Case (v. t.) To strip the skin from; as, to case a box..

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Truss :: Truss (n.) A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes..
Caseous :: Caseous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy..
Casern :: Casern (n.) A lodging for soldiers in garrison towns, usually near the rampart; barracks..
Casemented :: Casemented (a.) Having a casement or casements.
Then :: Then (conj.) In that case; in consequence; as a consequence; therefore; for this reason.
Case Shot :: Case shot () A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister..
Count :: Count (v. t.) A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution..
Trover :: Trover (n.) An action to recover damages against one who found goods, and would not deliver them to the owner on demand; an action which lies in any case to recover the value of goods wrongfully converted by another to his own use. In this case the finding, though alleged, is an immaterial fact; the injury lies in the conversion..
Glide :: Glide (n.) A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element)
Lorica :: Lorica (n.) The protective case or shell of an infusorian or rotifer.
Principal :: Principal (a.) Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a state; the principal productions of a country; the principal arguments in a case..
Sheathy :: Sheathy (a.) Forming or resembling a sheath or case.
Press :: Press (n.) An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press..
Caseum :: Caseum (n.) Same as Casein.
Obtected :: Obtected (a.) Covered with a hard chitinous case, as the pupa of certain files..
Sheath :: Sheath (n.) A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard..
Brief :: Brief (n.) A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence..
Tail-bay :: Tail-bay (n.) One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder; also, the space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor. Cf. Case-bay..
Ascham :: Ascham (n.) A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc..
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