CARTE, _s._ A chariot, especially one used in war.
Chaucer, _carte_, id. Ir. _cairt_, C. B. _kertuyn_, A. S. _craet_, id.
CARTIL, _s._ A cart-load, Ang.; perhaps contr. from _cart_ and _fill_ or _full_.
CARTOW, _s._ A great cannon, a battering piece.
_Spalding._
Teut. _kartouwe_, id.
CARUEL, KERVEL, _s._ A kind of ship.
_Douglas._
Fr. _caravelle_, id. Teut. _kareveel_. Hisp. _caravela_, Isl.
_karf_.
CASCHET, CASHET, _s._ The _fac simile_ of the king"s superscription.
_Acts Ja. VI._
From Fr. _cachet_, a seal. This term has the same signification with _caschet_, S.
CASEABLE, _adj._ Naturally belonging to a particular situation or case.
_Baillie._
_To_ Ca.s.s, _v. a._ To make void, to annul.
_Acts Ja. IV._
Fr. _ca.s.s-er_, id. L. B. _ca.s.s-are_, irritum reddere.
Ca.s.s, _s._
1. Chance, accident, O. E. id.
_Wallace._
2. Work, business.
_Barbour._
Fr. _cas_, matter, fact, deed.
Ca.s.sIE, CAZZIE, _s._
1. A sort of basket made of straw, S. B.
_Brand._
It is also written _cosie_.
2. Used in Orkney instead of a corn riddle.
_Statist. Acc._
Teut. _ka.s.se_, capsa, cista, Fr. _ca.s.se_, Ital. _ca.s.sa_, L. B.
_ca.s.sa_, id. Su. G. _ka.s.se_, reticulum, in quo pisces portantur, &c.
CAST, _s._
1. A twist, a contortion, as, _His neck has gotten a cast_, or a _wrang cast_, S.
2. Opportunity, chance, S.
3. A turn, an event of any kind, S.
_Ross._
4. Lot, fate.
_Hamilton._
5. Aim, object in view.
_Douglas._
6. Subtle contrivance, wile, stratagem.
_Wyntown._
7. Facility in performing any manual work, such especially as requires ingenuity or expertness, S.
_Douglas._
8. Legerdemain, sleight of hand.
_Houlate._