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CAB 



na 1:1 ice preparation of chocolate. See 



UNACARblUM. 



CAKH'MERK, R peculiar woollen fabric, 

 first imported from the kingdom of Cash- 

 raere. and now weii imitated in France 

 md Great Britain. The material of the 

 Cashmere shawls is the downy wool found 

 about the roots of the hair of the Tbioet 

 goat. 



CA'SINO, the operation of plastering a 

 house with mortar on the outside, and 

 marking it while wet with lines, so as to 

 make it resemble a building of polished 

 freestone. 



CAS'KET, in nautical language, a small 

 rope fastened to gromets or little rings 

 upon the yards, used to fasten the sail to 

 the yard ill furling. This word is usually 

 written gasket. 2. A small jewel-box. 



CASSATION, COURT OF, the highest judi- 

 cial court in Franc,-- -o called from its 

 power to quash (casser) the decrees of 

 inferior courts. It is a court of appeal in 

 all cases. 



CAS'SAVA, the starch of the root of the 

 Manioc (Jai*~pkaJfa*&ot),* tree belong- 

 ing to the natural family Euphorbiacea; , 

 and found in the "West Indies, the tropical 

 regions of America, and upon the African 

 coast. Cassava flour can with difficulty 

 be distinguished from arrow-root. See 

 TAPIOCA. 



CASSIA, a genus of plants, of which 

 about 70 species are described, nearly all 

 natives of warm climates. Decandria 

 Xonogynia. Name Arabic, Jcatsia, from 

 katsa, to tear off. The Senna fistula and 

 Figyptian lotus are species. 



CASSIA-BARK, t the bark of the Lauras 



CASSIA-LIGNEA, j cairia, the Malabar or 

 wild cinnamon-tree- 



GAS'SIA-BUDS, the dried berry of the 

 Zourui cassia, a tropical tree. The cassia- 

 buds are chiefly the produce of China. 



CASSIA FISTULA, the purging cassia : the 

 fruit of the Cauia Fistula, a tropical plant. 



CASSIA SENNA, one of the plants which 

 produce senna. See SENNA. 



CAS'SINE. 1. A house surrounded by a 

 ditch, like those of the feudal lords or 

 barons. 2. A genus of greenhouse ar- 

 borescent plants. Pentandria Trigynia. 



CAS'SINO. a gamp at cards, in which the 

 ten of diamonds, the deuce of spades, and 

 the aces, are the highest cards. 



CA8siopE'iA,one of the northern constel- 

 lations, representing the wife of Cepheus 

 and mother of Andromeda. It is situated 

 between 45 and 75 N. declination, and 

 lies between 47 and 55 right ascension. 

 It contains 55 stars. 



CAS'SIS. 1. The black currant (JLibtt 



nigra). 2. The helmet-stone, an en- 



chiuit.e belonging to the catocysti. 3. A 

 genus of ventricose univalves. Order 

 Getter opoda, family Xuricida, sub-family 



Cufeivt PRECIPITATE, apurpleoxiclp (?) 

 of gold precipitated by tin. It is properly 

 a compound of peroxide of tin and prot- 

 oxide of gold 1 1 is used in enamel paint- 

 ing, and for tinging glass of a fine red 

 colour. It is soluble in ammonia. 



CAP'SOWART, a bird allied to the ostrich. 

 There are two species forming the genus 

 Cnssiariut, Uris., the one inhabiting the 

 islands of tho Indian Archipelago, and 

 the other peculiar to New Holland. The 

 feathers of this bird resemble hairs, and 

 the wings are so short as to be entirely 

 useless even in running. It runs, how- 

 ever, with groat velocity , outstripping 

 the swiftest racer. Tfie nrime ia Spanish. 

 casuel. 



CASSCMCNIAR (Indian). A medicinal 

 root brought from India in irregdlar sliceg 

 of various forms. It possesses warm, bit- 

 ter, and aromatic qualities, and a smell 

 like ginger. 



CAST. 1. In sculpture, an impression of 

 any figure taken in bronze, plaster, wax, 



or other fusible material. 2. A tube 



of wax fitted into a mould, to give shape 



to metal. 3. A cylindrical piece of brass 



or copper slit in two lengthwise, to form 

 a canal or conduit in a mould for convey- 

 ing metal. 4. A little brazen fuMiel at 



one end of a mould for casting pipes, by 

 means of which the melted metal if 

 poured into the mould. 



CASTA'NEA, the chestnut tree. A genus. 

 MoneeciaPolyandria. Named from Cas- 

 tana, a city in Thessaly, where it was 

 abundant. 



CAS'TANET. a musical instrument, formed 

 of small shells of ivory or hard wood, 

 shaped like spoons, placed together, fas- 

 tened to the thumbs, and beat with the 

 middle finger. This instrument, nam<>d 

 from Spanish castana, a chestnut, from 

 its resemblance to two chestnuts, is used 

 by the Moors and Spaniards, as an accom- 

 paniment to their dances, sarabands, and 

 guitars. 



CASTE. In India, &c., a class or tribe of 

 the same profession. Th". four castes of 

 Hindoos are the Brahmin*, or sacred 

 order; the Chekterce, or soldiers and 

 rulers ; rhe Vansiia., or Bice, or husband- 

 men and merchants ; and the Sooden or 

 Sttdras, or labourers and mechanics. 



CAS'TELLAN, the governor of a castle. 

 Applied in some parts of the continent to 

 a dignity or charge. 



CAST'ER, a small wheel on a swivel, 

 attached to the supports of heavy furni- 

 ture, that it may be readily moved on the 

 floor. 



CAS'TIOATOKT, an engine formerly used 

 to punish and correct arrant scolds ; 

 called also a ducking-stool and a trebucket. 



CAST'ING. 1. Whatever is cast iu a 



mould. 2. The process of taking casts 



said impressions of ngures. 3. Among 



