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  4  definitions  found 
 
  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]: 
 
  Cash  \Cash\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Cashed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Casing}.] 
  To  pay  or  to  receive,  cash  for  to  exchange  for  money;  as 
  cash  a  note  or  an  order 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Casing  \Cas"ing\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  or  process  of  inclosing  in  or  covering  with  a 
  case  or  thin  substance,  as  plaster,  boards,  etc 
 
  2.  An  outside  covering,  for  protection  or  ornament,  or  to 
  precent  the  radiation  of  heat. 
 
  3.  An  inclosing  frame;  esp.  the  framework  around  a  door  or  a 
  window.  See  {Case},  n.,  4. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  casing 
  n  1:  the  outer  covering  or  housing  of  something  "the  clock  has  a 
  walnut  case"  [syn:  {shell},  {case}] 
  2:  the  outermost  covering  of  a  pneumatic  tire 
  3:  the  enclosing  frame  around  a  door  or  window  opening;  "the 
  casings  had  rotted  away  and  had  to  be  replaced"  [syn:  {case}] 




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