Defn: To propose hypothetical cases. [Obs.] "Casing upon the matter."
L'Estrange.
CASEATION
Ca`se*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. caséation. See Casein.] (Med.)
Defn: A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.
CASE-BAY Case"-bay`, n. (Arch.) (a) The space between two principals or girders. (b) One of the joists framed between a pair of girders in naked flooring.
CASEHARDEN
Case"hard`en, v. t.
1. To subject to a process which converts the surface of iron into steel.
2. To render insensible to good influences.
CASEHARDENED
Case"hard`ened, a.
1. Having the surface hardened, as iron tools.
2. Hardened against, or insusceptible to, good influences; rendered callous by persistence in wrongdoing or resistance of good influences; — said of persons.