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CAPSULE |
Small case |
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ETUI |
Small ornamental case |
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LOCKET |
Small ornamental case |
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CAPCASE |
A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest. |
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CANISTER |
A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc. |
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CASE SHOT |
A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or
canister. |
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SHELL |
The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and
shot, used with breechloading small arms. |
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POCKETBOOK |
A small book or case for carrying papers, money, etc.,
in the pocket; also, a notebook for the pocket. |
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INKHORN |
A small bottle of horn or other material formerly used for
holding ink; an inkstand; a portable case for writing materials. |
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CLOVE |
One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales
of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic. |
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MINIMUM |
The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in
a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to
maximum. |
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VALISE |
A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of
other material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., of a
traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau. |
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LOWER-CASE |
Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; -- used to
denote the small letters, in distinction from capitals and small
capitals. See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3. |
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PIGEONHOLE |
A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping
of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row
of them to the compartments in a dovecote. |
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PENCIL |
...d chalk,
slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod
intended to be pointed, or in a case, which forms a handle, -- u... |
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UTRICULAR |
...old bodies, in which case they assume the form of small
globules filled with liquid. ... |
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ABERRATION |
A small periodical change of position in the stars and
other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of
light and the motion ... |