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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

  A house; perhaps from the Italian CASA. In the canting lingo it meant store or ware house, as well a...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• 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. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• soul case

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

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• smear-case

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

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• case-book

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

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• 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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