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Caster: Definition and part of speech

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Caster

  1. n. A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported and moved.
  2. n. One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc. ; a caster of cannon; a caster of accounts.
  3. n. A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain condiments at the table; as, a set of casters.
  4. n. A stand to hold a set of cruets.

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.

Castigate: Definition and part of speech

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Castigate

  1. v. t. To emend; to correct.
  2. v. t. To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.

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.

Castigation: Definition and part of speech

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Castigation

  1. n. Emendation; correction.
  2. n. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.

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.

Castigatory: Definition and part of speech

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Castigatory

  1. n. An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; — called also a ducking stool, or trebucket.
  2. a. Punitive in order to amendment; corrective.

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.

Castile soap: Definition and part of speech

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Castile soap

  1. A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive oil and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap.

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.