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Definitions for Casing

[1] a case or covering; housing.
[2] material for a case or covering.
[3] the framework around a door or window.
[4] the outermost covering of an automobile tire.
[5] any frame or framework.
[6] a steel pipe or tubing, especially as used in oil and gas wells.
[7] a layer of glass that has been fused to an underlying layer of glass of a different color or of different properties.
[8] the thin, tubular membrane of the intestines of sheep, cattle, or hogs, or a synthetic facsimile, for encasing processed meat in making sausages, salamis, etc.
[9] Nautical . the walls surrounding a funnel.
[10] a channel created in a garment or other article to carry a drawstring or elastic, as by sewing a strip of cloth to the basic material with two parallel rows of stitches.
[11] an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
[12] a sheath or outer covering: a knife case.
[13] a box with its contents: a case of ginger ale.
[14] the amount contained in a box or other container: There are a dozen bottles to a case.
[15] a pair or couple; brace: a case of pistols.
[16] a surrounding frame or framework, as of a door.
[17] Bookbinding . a completed book cover ready to be fitted to form the binding of a book.
[18] Printing . a tray of wood, metal, or plastic, divided into compartments for holding types for the use of a compositor and usually arranged in a set of two, the upper (upper case) for capital letters and often auxiliary types, the lower (lower case) for small letters and often auxiliary types, now generally replaced by the California job case. Compare news case.
[19] a cavity in the skull of a sperm whale, containing an oil from which spermaceti is obtained.
[20] Also called case card. Cards . the last card of a suit or denomination that remains after the other cards have been played: a case heart; the case jack.
[21] Faro . casebox.
[22] Southeastern U.S. (chiefly South Carolina ) . a coin of a particular denomination, as opposed to the same amount in change: a case quarter.
[23] Metallurgy . the hard outer part of a piece of casehardened steel.
[24] to put or enclose in a case; cover with a case.
[25] Slang . to examine or survey (a house, bank, etc.) in planning a crime (sometimes followed by out ): They cased the joint and decided to pull the job on Sunday.
[26] to fuse a layer of glass onto (glass of a contrasting color or of different properties).
[27] to cover (a surface of a wall, well, shaft, etc.) with a facing or lining; revet.
[28] Bookbinding . to bind (a book) in a case.
[29] Cards Slang . to arrange (cards or a pack of cards) in a dishonest manner. to remember the quantity, suit, or denomination of (the cards played).
[30] a protective case or cover
[31] material for a case or cover
[32] Also called: case a frame containing a door, window, or staircase
[33] the intestines of cattle, pigs, etc, or a synthetic substitute, used as a container for sausage meat
[34] the outer cover of a pneumatic tyre
[35] a pipe or tube used to line a hole or shaft
[36] the outer shell of a steam or gas turbine
[37] a single instance, occurrence, or example of something
[38] an instance of disease, injury, hardship, etc
[39] a question or matter for discussion the case before the committee
[40] a specific condition or state of affairs; situation
[41] a set of arguments supporting a particular action, cause, etc
[42] a person attended or served by a doctor, social worker, solicitor, etc; patient or client (as modifier ) a case study
[43] an action or suit at law or something that forms sufficient grounds for bringing an action he has a good case the evidence offered in court to support a claim
[44] grammar a set of grammatical categories of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives, marked by inflection in some languages, indicating the relation of the noun, adjective, or pronoun to other words in the sentence any one of these categories the nominative case
[45] informal a person in or regarded as being in a specified condition the accident victim was a hospital case ; he's a mental case
[46] informal a person of a specified character (esp in the phrase a hard case )
[47] informal an odd person; eccentric
[48] US informal love or infatuation
[49] short for case shot See canister (def. 2b)
[50] as the case may be according to the circumstances
[51] in any case (adverb) no matter what; anyhow we will go in any case
[52] in case (adverb) in order to allow for eventualities (as conjunction) in order to allow for the possibility that take your coat in case it rains US if
[53] in case of (preposition) in the event of
[54] in no case (adverb) under no circumstances in no case should you fight back
[55] a container, such as a box or chest (in combination ) suitcase ; briefcase
[56] an outer cover or sheath, esp for a watch
[57] a receptacle and its contents a case of ammunition
[58] a pair or brace, esp of pistols
[59] architect another word for casing (def. 3)
[60] a completed cover ready to be fastened to a book to form its binding
[61] printing a tray divided into many compartments in which a compositor keeps individual metal types of a particular size and style. Cases were originally used in pairs, one (the upper case) for capitals, the other (the lower case) for small letters See also upper case, lower case
[62] metallurgy the surface of a piece of steel that has been case-hardened
[63] to put into or cover with a case to case the machinery
[64] slang to inspect carefully (esp a place to be robbed)

Words related to Casing

wrapper, skin, jacket, sheath, hull

Words nearby Casing

cashpoint, casimere, casimir effect, casimir iii, casimir iv, casing, casing knife, casing nail, casinghead gas, casino, casita

Origin of Casing

e21250–1300; Middle English cas < Anglo-French cas(s)e, Old French chasse < Latin capsa cylindrical case for holding books in scroll form, receptacle

Other words from Casing

un·der·cas·ing , noun
cas·er , noun
well-cased , adjective

Word origin for Casing

eC13: from Old French casse, from Latin capsa, from capere to take, hold

Synonyms for Casing

skin, wrapper, hull, jacket, sheath