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Case
·vi To propose hypothetical cases. II. Case ·noun Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. III. Case ·v...

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case
The outside planking of the ship. ...

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Case knife
·- A knife carried in a sheath or case. II. Case knife ·- A large table knife; — so called from be...

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Case shot
·- A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. ...

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Case system
·add. ·- The system of teaching law in which the instruction is primarily a historical and inductive...

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Case-bay
·noun The space between two principals or girders. II. Case-bay ·noun One of the joists framed betw...

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Fly-case
·noun The covering of an insect, ·esp. the elytra of beetles. ...

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Lower-case
·adj Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; — used to denote the small letters, in distinction ...

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case vrow
A prostitute attached to a particular bawdy house. ...

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soul case
The body. He made a hole in his soul case; he wounded him. ...

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smear-case
(Dutch, Smeer-kaas.) A preparation of milk made to be spread on bread, whence its name; otherwise ca...

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case-book
A register or journal in which the surgeon records the cases of all the sick and wounded, who are pl...

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rudder-case
The same as rudder-trunk (which see). ...

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case-shot, common
Called also canister-shot. Adapted for close quarters if the enemy be uncovered. It consists of a nu...

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spherical case-shot
See shrapnel shell. ...

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