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._

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