Definition of case

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Case (n.) A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments..

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Burse :: Burse (n.) An ornamental case of hold the corporal when not in use.
Feldspath :: Feldspath (n.) A name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either potash, soda, lime, or, in one case, baryta. They occur in crystals and crystalline masses, vitreous in luster, and breaking rather easily in two directions at right angles to each other, or nearly so. The colors are usually white or nearly white, flesh-red, bluish, or greenish..
Else :: Else (adv. & conj.) Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different..
#NAME? :: -en () A suffix from AS. -an, formerly used to form the plural of many nouns, as in ashen, eyen, oxen, all obs. except oxen. In some cases, such as children and brethren, it has been added to older plural forms..
Seraphine :: Seraphine (n.) A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument..
Scasely :: Scasely (adv.) Scarcely; hardly.
Case :: Case (n.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word..
Praam :: Praam (n.) A flat-bottomed boat or lighter, -- used in Holland and the Baltic, and sometimes armed in case of war..
Inquest :: Inquest (n.) A body of men assembled under authority of law to inquire into any matterm civil or criminal, particularly any case of violent or sudden death; a jury, particularly a coroner's jury. The grand jury is sometimes called the grand inquest. See under Grand..
Remanet :: Remanet (n.) A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case.
Demand :: Demand (v. t.) To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care..
Agreement :: Agreement (n.) Concord or correspondence of one word with another in gender, number, case, or person..
Ciborium :: Ciborium (n.) The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx.
Orgue :: Orgue (n.) Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack..
Inkhorn :: Inkhorn (n.) A small bottle of horn or other material formerly used for holding ink; an inkstand; a portable case for writing materials.
Incasement :: Incasement (n.) The act or process of inclosing with a case, or the state of being incased..
Urn :: Urn (n.) A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca..
Rake :: Rake (n.) The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc..
Them :: Them (pron.) The objective case of they. See They.
Council :: Council (n.) An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case..
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