Helen Fenton

Castor: Definition and part of speech

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Castor

  1. n. Alt. of Castorite
  2. n. A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See Beaver.
  3. n. Castoreum. See Castoreum.
  4. n. A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver.
  5. n. A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.
  6. n. See Caster, a small wheel.
  7. n. the northernmost of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, the other being Pollux.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Castoreum: Definition and part of speech

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Castoreum

  1. n. A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; — used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Castor oil: Definition and part of speech

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Castor oil

  1. A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is inodorous and insipid.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.