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▪ I. ˈcasing, n. north. dial.
Usually in pl.; also 6 casen, 9 cazzan, cassons, cazzons.
(See quots.)
1516Promp. Parv. (W. de W.), Casen [1499 casard, netes donge], bozetum. 1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1681) 323 Casings or Cowblakes, Cow-dung dryed and used for fewel as it is in many places where other fewel is scarce. 1734D. Waterland Scripture Vind. iii. 94 (T.) Dried casings, to bake his bread with. 1870E. Peacock Ralf Skirl. II. 105 Stackin' peats and cassons aback o' th' laithe. 1875Robinson Whitby Gloss., Cazzons, cattle-dung. 1877Holderness Gloss., Cazzan, a dried cow's dung, formerly used for fuel.
▪ II. casing, vbl. n.|ˈkeɪsɪŋ|
[f. case v.2 + -ing1.]
1. a. The action of the verb to case.
1575Turberv. Venerie 239 Turne his skinne over his eares all alongst the bodie..this is called casing. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) II. viii. 249 By skilful reproduction of earlier forms or by no less skilful casing of an earlier shell.
b. The action of case v.2 5; inspection, planning, etc., esp. in preparation for a robbery (see quots.). slang (orig. U.S.).
1928Amer. Mercury May 80/2 Laying out the route of escape before consummating a robbery comes under casing. 1942Amer. Speech XVII. 91/1 Casing, looking over the prospective customers [by street vendors], so that they will be able to judge to some extent the amount of business they will be able to do. 1946Ibid. XXI. 70/1 Casing and ‘planning a crime’ can..hardly be synonymous, for the casing of an individual, a place of business, the movements of payrolls or registered mail, etc., only supplies certain information which enables the mob to plan the crime. 1960Argosy May 53 The casing will be done by the Thomases. They can go anywhere.
2. concr.
a. Something that encases.
1839R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Eng. 49 The valve is enclosed in a valve casing of cast iron. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. vi. 70 Allow the winds to break up its iron casing [of ice]. 1867F. Francis Angling vi. (1880) 195 The fly throws off yet another complete casing.
b. Building. (cf. case v.2 2 a.)
1791Smeaton Edystone L. §47 We must suppose that the outside casing had been then begun from the rock. c1854Stanley Sinai & Pal. i. (1858) 99 Wells..deeply built with marble casings round their mouths.
c. in various technical uses (see quots.).
1869J. R. Browne Adv. Apache Country 525 They are all true fissure veins, with well-defined casings. 1874Knight Dict. Mech., Casing (Metal-working), the middle wall of a blast-furnace..(Shipbuilding.) The cylindrical curb around a steamboat funnel, protecting the deck from the heat..(Blasting) A wooden tunnel for powder hose in blasting. 1881Raymond Mining Gloss., Casing (Cornwall) 1. A partition or brattice, made of casing-plank, in a shaft. 2. (Pacific slope) Casings are zones of material altered by vein-action, and lying between the unaltered country rock and the vein.
d. The framing round a door or window. orig. U.S.
1873J. H. Beadle Undevel. West xxii. 449 Grasping the casing I got in at the door. 1913G. S. Porter Laddie ii. 65 All the casings were oiled wood, and the walls had just a little yellow. Ibid. xviii. 584 He carefully loaded his gun, and leaned it against the front casing. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 140/2 Casing, the frame enclosing the sash-weights... The frame within which a door hangs.
▪ III. ˈcasing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That encases or incloses.
1605Shakes. Macb. iii. iv. 23 As broad, and generall as the casing ayre. 1812S. Rogers Columbus vi. 44 High-hung in forests to the casing snows. |