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caster
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Word definitions for caster in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"person or thing that casts," late 14c. (also sometimes castor ), agent noun from cast (v.). Meaning "pepper shaker, small perforated container" is from 1670s, on notion of "throwing."
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A caster is a wheeled device typically mounted to a larger object that enables relatively easy rolling movement of the object. Casters are essentially special housings that includes a wheel, facilitating the installation of wheels on objects. Casters are ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a worker who casts molten metal into finished products a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar [syn: castor ] a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable [syn: castor ]
Usage examples of caster.
Welsh griddle cakes sprinkled with caster sugar, marinated cockles, Anglesey eggs, laver bread and Glamorgan sausages created a fragrant smell that quickly set her mouth to watering.
The fellow aimed his caster politely at Cirri, waiting one final moment for her to register some objection.
Primitive shelving put up anyhow and anywhere supported paper bags bristling with nails and rinsed-out pickle jars full of nuts and bolts and screws and washers and casters and hinges and springs.
There is a saltcellar of state, so called, and there may be a caster of state.
And so strong was the field, already, that localized casters could produce no zylphable hy-perradiance within hundreds of miles of its center.
Most dementia casters in the pits were armed only to keep their creations in line.
Even the ones who knew how to fight were casters first and warriors second.
She was one of the best casters ever to take the floor, but they moved in different circles, and he had rarely interacted with her.
The chair legs had lost their casters although he doubted the casters were truly lost.
There was another college higher up on an airy summit--a bright new edifice, picturesquely and peculiarly towered and pinnacled--a sort of gigantic casters, with the cruets all complete.
The MegaMall owned the casters, and until the MegaMall decided that discretion was unnecessary, the casters would keep their hoverflies on a tight rein.
That is why magicians developed scrolls, books, and other devices, to focus that sort of magic in a way that will not harm the caster.
For Natasha of the House of Minaar was a Visage Caster, able to change her appearance to suit any need, or for that matter, any mood.
All the casters are needed for construction of our transmitter-so we can determine whether we are assembling it correctly.
And then the bureau hierarchy will continue using personalized rault casters so they'll have the advantage of zylphing whenever they need it.