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Lid :: Lid (n.) The cover of the spore cases of mosses.

Canister :: Canister (n.) A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called also canister shot..

Case-bay :: Case-bay (n.) One of the joists framed between a pair of girders in naked flooring.

Sort :: Sort (n.) Letters, figures, points, marks, spaces, or quadrats, belonging to a case, separately considered..

Indusial :: Indusial (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, the petrified cases of the larvae of certain insects..

Carcass :: Carcass (n.) A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc..

Chassis :: Chassis (n.) A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See Gun carriage.].

Distribute :: Distribute (v. t.) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.

Halfpace :: Halfpace (n.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.

Case :: Case (n.) 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..

Precipitate :: Precipitate (a.) Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease..

Put :: Put (v. t.) To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express; figuratively, to assume; to suppose; -- formerly sometimes followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a question; to put a case..

Housewife :: Housewife (n.) A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also hussy..

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..

Scire Facias :: Scire facias () A judicial writ, founded upon some record, and requiring the party proceeded against to show cause why the party bringing it should not have advantage of such record, or (as in the case of scire facias to repeal letters patent) why the record should not be annulled or vacated..

Accusative :: Accusative (n.) The accusative case.

Nominative :: Nominative (n.) The nominative case.

Causative :: Causative (a.) Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is a causative case..

Discase :: Discase (v. t.) To strip; to undress.

Albuminate :: Albuminate (n.) A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance..

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