Cased

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days


              and nights in the saddle.             --Prescott.
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     2. To strip the skin from; as, to case a box. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  cased \cased\ adj.
     1. covered or protected with or as if with a case; as,
        knights cased in steel.
  
     Syn: encased, incased.
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     2. same as {bound}; -- of books.
  
     Syn: covered.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cased
       adj 1: covered or protected with or as if with a case; "knights
              cased in steel"; "products encased in leatherette"
              [syn: {encased}, {incased}]
       2: enclosed in a case