Helen Fenton

Cassowary: Definition and part of speech

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Cassowary

  1. n. A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc.

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.

Cast: Definition and part of speech

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Cast

  1. imp. & p. p. of Cast
  2. v. t. To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.
  3. v. t. To direct or turn, as the eyes.
  4. v. t. To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
  5. v. t. To throw down, as in wrestling.
  6. v. t. To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
  7. v. t. To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
  8. v. t. To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
  9. v. t. To throw out or emit; to exhale.
  10. v. t. To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
  11. 1imp. & p. p. 1 of Cast
  12. 1v. t. 1 To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.

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.

Casting: Definition and part of speech

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Casting

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Cast
  2. n. The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.
  3. n. The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold.
  4. n. That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.
  5. n. The warping of a board.

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.

Castalian: Definition and part of speech

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Castalian

  1. a. Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses.

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.