Casing

·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Case.

II. Casing ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Cash.

III. Casing ·noun An inclosing frame; ·esp. the framework around a door or a window. ·see Case, ·noun, 4.

IV. Casing ·noun An outside covering, for protection or ornament, or to precent the radiation of heat.

V. Casing ·noun The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, ·etc.

casing
The lining, veneering, or planking over a ship's timbers, especially for the cabin-beams; the sheath...

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casing-cover
In the marine steam-engine is a steam-tight opening for the slide-valve rod to pass through. ...

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slide-valve casing
A casing on one side of the cylinder of an engine, which covers the nozzles or steam-ports, and conf...

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