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   Case, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Casing.]
   1. To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.
   
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   The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle. Prescott.
   
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   2. To strip the skin from; as, “to case a box”. [Obs.]
   
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2.       
   cased adj.
   1. covered or protected with or as if with a case; as, “knights cased in steel”.
   
   Syn. -- encased, incased.
   
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   2. same as bound; -- of books.
   
   Syn. -- covered.
   
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