† casn.
? Overthrow, fallen mass. (But in the passage quoted the Ellesmere and two other manuscripts have tas heap.)
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c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 147 (Harl., Corpus, Petw., Lansd.) To ransake in the caas of þe bodies dede [so ll. 151 162; here Harl. has chaas].
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n.c1386- as digne as ditchwater
- as digne as the devil
- as drunk as a boiled owl
- as drunk as a loon
- as drunk as a piper
- as drunk as a tinker
- as drunk as david's sow or as a sow
- as drunk, as a rat
- as drunk, etc, as a judge
- as drunk,etc as a rat
- as drunk,mad as a rat
- as drunk,poor as a rat
- as drunk,rank as a rat
- as drunk,weak as a rat
- as dry as a witch's teat
- as dry as a witch's tit
- as dull as ditch-water
- as dull as ditchwater
- as dumb as dog shit
- as easy as abc
- as easy as falling off a log
- as easy as kiss etc hand, finger, etc)
- as easy as kiss my hand, finger, etc)
- as easy as kiss my thumb
- as easy as kiss your hand, finger, etc)