| Case |
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. |
n. |
| Case |
A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments. |
n. |
| Case |
A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type. |
n. |
| Case |
An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case. |
n. |
| Case |
A small fissure which admits water to the workings. |
n. |
| Case |
To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose. |
v. t. |
| Case |
To strip the skin from; as, to case a box. |
v. t. |
| Case |
Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. |
n. |
| Case |
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. |
n. |
| Case |
A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury. |
n. |
| Case |
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. |
n. |
| Case |
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. |
n. |
| Case |
To propose hypothetical cases. |
v. i. |
| Case knife |
A knife carried in a sheath or case. |
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| Case knife |
A large table knife; -- so called from being formerly kept in a case. |
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| Case shot |
A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. |
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| Fly-case |
The covering of an insect, esp. the elytra of beetles. |
n. |
| Lower-case |
Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; -- used to denote the small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals. See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3. |
a. |