CPage 83
- English Word Castigate Definition To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.
- English Word Castigate Definition To emend; to correct.
- English Word Castigated Definition of Castigate
- English Word Castigating Definition of Castigate
- English Word Castigation Definition Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.
- English Word Castigation Definition Emendation; correction.
- English Word Castigator Definition One who castigates or corrects.
- English Word Castigatory Definition Punitive in order to amendment; corrective.
- English Word Castigatory Definition An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket.
- English Word Castile soap Definition A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive oil and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap.
- English Word Castilian Definition An inhabitant or native of Castile, in Spain.
- English Word Castilian Definition The Spanish language as spoken in Castile.
- English Word Castillan Definition Of or pertaining to Castile, in Spain.
- English Word Casting Definition of Cast
- English Word Casting Definition The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.
- English Word Casting Definition The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold.
- English Word Casting Definition That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.
- English Word Casting Definition The warping of a board.
- English Word Casting Definition The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc.
- English Word Castle Definition A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress.
- English Word Castle Definition Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.
- English Word Castle Definition A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.
- English Word Castle Definition A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook.
- English Word Castle Definition To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king.
- English Word Castle-guard Definition The guard or defense of a castle.
- English Word Castle-guard Definition A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castle-ward.
- English Word Castle-guard Definition A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time.
- English Word Castlebuilder Definition Fig.: one who builds castles in the air or forms visionary schemes.
- English Word Castled Definition of Castle
- English Word Castled Definition Having a castle or castles; supporting a castle; as, a castled height or crag.