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Cast-off :: Cast-off (a.) Cast or laid aside; as, cast-off clothes..

Castellany :: Castellany (n.) The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle.

Electro-tint :: Electro-tint (n.) A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electro-typing, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc., receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of this is then the plate for printing..

Oenanthol :: Oenanthol (n.) An oily substance obtained by the distillation of castor oil, recognized as the aldehyde of oenanthylic acid, and hence called also oenanthaldehyde..

Fair :: Fair (superl.) Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; favorable; -- said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.; as, a fair sky; a fair day..

Castling :: Castling (n.) A compound move of the king and castle. See Castle, v. i..

Plump :: Plump (v. t.) To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water..

Jetson :: "Jetson (n.) Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan, goods which are sunk attached to a buoy..

Gangway :: Gangway (v. i.) That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; -- more properly termed the waist..

Bailey :: Bailey (n.) The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.

Foundry :: Foundry (n.) The buildings and works for casting metals.

Castle :: Castle (n.) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back..

Emasculate :: Emasculate (v. t.) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.

Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To contrive; to plan.

Forecast :: Forecast (v. t.) To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project.

Sise :: Sise (n.) Six; the highest number on a die; the cast of six in throwing dice.

Cist :: Cist (n.) A box or chest. Specifically: (a) A bronze receptacle, round or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover, and with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings. (b) A cinerary urn. See Illustration in Appendix..

Ricinus :: Ricinus (n.) A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. See Palma Christi..

Cast :: Cast (n.) Contrivance; plot, design..

Decollated :: Decollated (a.) Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain univalve shells..

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