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10 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brain \Brain\, n. [OE. brain, brein, AS bragen, br[ae]gen; akin to LG br["a]gen, bregen, D. brein, and perh. to Gr ?, the upper part of head, if ? =?. [root]95.] 1. (Anat.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments, the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain. Note: In the brain of man the cerebral lobes, or largest part of the forebrain, are enormously developed so as to overhang the cerebellum, the great lobe of the hindbrain, and completely cover the lobes of the midbrain. The surface of the cerebrum is divided into irregular ridges, or convolutions, separated by grooves (the so-called fissures and sulci), and the two hemispheres are connected at the bottom of the longitudinal fissure by a great transverse band of nervous matter, the corpus callosum, while the two halves of the cerebellum are connected on the under side of the brain by the bridge, or pons Varolii 2. (Zo["o]l.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates. 3. The organ or seat of intellect; hence the understanding. `` My brain is too dull.'' --Sir W. Scott. Note: In this sense often used in the plural. 4. The affections; fancy; imagination. [R.] --Shak. {To have on the brain}, to have constantly in one's thoughts, as a sort of monomania. [Low] {Brain box} or {case}, the bony on cartilaginous case inclosing the brain. {Brain coral}, {Brain stone coral} (Zo["o]l), a massive reef-building coral having the surface covered by ridges separated by furrows so as to resemble somewhat the surface of the brain, esp. such corals of the genera {M[ae]andrina} and {Diploria}. {Brain fag} (Med.), brain weariness. See {Cerebropathy}. {Brain fever} (Med.), fever in which the brain is specially affected; any acute cerebral affection attended by fever. {Brain sand}, calcareous matter found in the pineal gland. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Case \Case\ (k[=a]s), n. [OF. casse, F. caisse (cf. It cassa), fr L. capsa chest, box, case, fr capere to take hold See {Capacious}, and cf 4th {Chase}, {Cash}, {Enchase}, 3d {Sash}.] 1. A box, sheath, or covering; as a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book. 2. A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as a case of goods; a case of instruments. 3. (Print.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or ``boxes'' for holding type Note: Cases for type are usually arranged in sets of two called respectively the upper and the lower case. The {upper case} contains capitals, small capitals, accented and marked letters, fractions, and marks of reference: the {lower case} contains the small letters, figures, marks of punctuation, quadrats, and spaces. 4. An inclosing frame; a casing; as a door case; a window case. 5. (Mining) A small fissure which admits water to the workings. --Knight. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Case \Case\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cased}; p. pr & vb n. {Casing}.] 1. To cover or protect with or as with a case; to inclose. The man who cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle. --Prescott. 2. To strip the skin from as to case a box. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Case \Case\, n. [F. cas, fr L. casus, fr cadere to fall, to happen. Cf {Chance}.] 1. Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. [Obs.] By aventure, or sort, or cas. --Chaucer. 2. That which befalls, comes or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things affair; as a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes. In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge. --Deut. xxiv. 13. If the case of the man be so with his wife. --Matt. xix. 10. And when a lady's in the case You know all other things give place --Gay. You think this madness but a common case. --Pope. I am in case to justle a constable, --Shak. 3. (Med. & Surg.) A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as ten cases of fever; also the history of a disease or injury. A proper remedy in hypochondriacal cases. --Arbuthnot. 4. (Law) The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause Let us consider the reason of the case, for nothing is law that is not reason. --Sir John Powell. Not one case in the reports of our courts. --Steele. 5. (Gram.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form of a noun pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word Case is properly a falling off from the nominative or first state of word the name for which however, is now by extension of its signification, applied also to the nominative. --J. W. Gibbs. Note: Cases other than the nominative are oblique cases. Case endings are terminations by which certain cases are distinguished. In old English, as in Latin, nouns had several cases distinguished by case endings, but in modern English only that of the possessive case is retained. {Action on the case} (Law), according to the old classification (now obsolete), was an action for redress of wrongs or injuries to person or property not specially provided against by law, in which the whole cause of complaint was set out in the writ; -- called also {trespass on the case}, or simply {case}. {All a case}, a matter of indifference. [Obs.] ``It is all a case to me.'' --L'Estrange. {Case at bar}. See under {Bar}, n. {Case divinity}, casuistry. {Case lawyer}, one versed in the reports of cases rather than in the science of the law. {Case} {stated or agreed on} (Law), a statement in writing of facts agreed on and submitted to the court for a decision of the legal points arising on them {A hard case}, an abandoned or incorrigible person. [Colloq.] {In any case}, whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow. {In case}, or {In case that}, if supposing that in the event or contingency; if it should happen that ``In case we are surprised, keep by me.'' --W. Irving. {In good case}, in good condition, health, or state of body. {To put a case}, to suppose a hypothetical or illustrative case. Syn: Situation, condition, state; circumstances; plight; predicament; occurrence; contingency; accident; event; conjuncture; cause action suit. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Case \Case\, v. i. To propose hypothetical cases. [Obs.] ``Casing upon the matter.'' --L'Estrange. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: case n 1: (law) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord" [syn: {lawsuit}, {suit}, {cause}, {causa}] 2: an occurrence of something "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths" [syn: {instance}, {example}] 3: a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled" [syn: {event}] 4: a problem requiring investigation; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir" 5: the actual state of things "that was not the case" 6: a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; "he stated his case clearly" 7: a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage" 8: a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities" [syn: {subject}, {guinea pig}] 9: a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor" 10: the quantity contained in a case [syn: {caseful}] 11: a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home [syn: {display case}, {showcase}] 12: nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence [syn: {grammatical case}] 13: the outer covering or housing of something "the clock has a walnut case" [syn: {shell}, {casing}] 14: a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case" [syn: {character}, {eccentric}, {type}] 15: a specific state of mind that is temporary; "a case of the jitters" 16: an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part [syn: {sheath}] 17: the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" [syn: {casing}] 18: a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase" [syn: {pillowcase}, {slip}, {pillow slip}] v 1: look over usually with the intention to rob; "They men cased the housed" 2: enclose in or as if in a case "my feet were encased in mud." [syn: {encase}] 3: put into a case [syn: {encase}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: CASE 1. {Computer Aided Software Engineering}. 2. {Common Application Service Element}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: case 1.{switch statement}. 2. Whether a character is a capital letter ("upper case" - ABC..Z) or a small letter ("lower case" - abc..z). The term case comes from the printing trade when the use of moving type was invented in the early Middle Ages (Caxton or Gutenberg?) and the letters for each {font} were stored in a box with two sections (or "cases"), the upper case was for the capital letters and the lower case was for the small letters. The Oxford Universal Dictionary of Historical Principles (Feb 1993, reprinted 1952) indicates that this usage of case" (as the box or frame used by a compositor in the printing trade) was first used in 1588. (1996-03-01) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: CASE Common Application Service Element (ISO, OSI) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering
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