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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the housing or outer covering of something;
- Example: "the clock has a walnut case"
[syn: shell, case, casing]

2. the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire;

3. the enclosing frame around a door or window opening;
- Example: "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"
[syn: casing, case]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle. --Prescott. [1913 Webster] 2. To strip the skin from; as, to case a box. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Casing \Cas"ing\, n. 1. The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. An outside covering, for protection or ornament, or to precent the radiation of heat. [1913 Webster] 3. An inclosing frame; esp. the framework around a door or a window. See Case, n., 4. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

casing n 1: the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" [syn: shell, case, casing] 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: casing, case]