Hypertext Webster Gateway: "casing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Case \Case\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Casing}.]
1. To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.

The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days
and nights in the saddle. --Prescott.

2. To strip the skin from; as, to case a box. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cash \Cash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Casing}.]
To pay, or to receive, cash for; to exchange for money; as,
cash a note or an order.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Casing \Cas"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a
case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc.

2. An outside covering, for protection or ornament, or to
precent the radiation of heat.

3. An inclosing frame; esp. the framework around a door or a
window. See {Case}, n., 4.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

casing
n 1: the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a
walnut case" [syn: {shell}, {case}]
2: the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire
3: the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the
casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" [syn: {case}]


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