An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

CASCHET, CASHET, s. The fac simile of the king's superscription.
Acts Ja. VI.

From Fr. cachet, a seal. This term has the same signification with caschet, S.

CASEABLE, adj. Naturally belonging to a particular situation or case.
Baillie.

To CASS, v. a. To make void, to annul.
Acts Ja. IV.

Fr. cass-er, id. L. B. cass-are, irritum reddere.

CASS, s.
1. Chance, accident, O. E. id.
Wallace.
2. Work, business.
Barbour.

Fr. cas, matter, fact, deed.

CASSIE, CAZZIE, s.
1. A sort of basket made of straw, S. B.
Brand.
It is also written cosie.
2. Used in Orkney instead of a corn riddle.
Statist. Acc.

Teut. kasse, capsa, cista, Fr. casse, Ital. cassa, L. B. cassa, id. Su. G. kasse, reticulum, in quo pisces portantur, &c.

CAST, s.
1. A twist, a contortion, as, His neck has gotten a cast, or a wrang cast, S.
2. Opportunity, chance, S.
3. A turn, an event of any kind, S.
Ross.
4. Lot, fate.
Hamilton.
5. Aim, object in view.
Douglas.
6. Subtle contrivance, wile, stratagem.
Wyntown.
7. Facility in performing any manual work, such especially as requires ingenuity or expertness, S.
Douglas.
8. Legerdemain, sleight of hand.
Houlate.
9. The effect of ingenuity, as manifested in literary works.
Douglas.