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Car`y*op"sis (?), n.; pl.
Caryopses (#). [NL., fr. gr. &?; hut, kernel +
&?; sight, form.] (Bot.) A one-celled, dry,
indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering
closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in
one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley,
etc.

Ca"sal (?), a. (Gram.)
Of or pertaining to case; as, a casal
ending.

Cas"ca*bel (?), n. [Sp.
cascabel a little bell, also (fr. the shape), a knob at
the breech end of a cannon.] The projection in rear of the
breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected
with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of
the base ring. [See Illust. of Cannon.]

Cas*cade" (kăs*kād"),
n. [F. cascade, fr. It. cascata,
fr. cascare to fall.] A fall of water over a
precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a
cataract.

The silver brook . . . pours the white
cascade.

Longfellow.

Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in
cascade.

Cowper.

Cas*cade", v.


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