Castor

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A reddish-brown substance consisting of the preputial follicles of the beaver and their contents, dried and prepared for commercial purposes. It has a strong, penetrating, enduring odor, and was formerly of high repute in medicine, but is now used chiefly by perfumers.
  • noun. A mineral found in the island of Elba associated with another called pollux.
  • noun. Glove-leather made from goat-skins. The grain of the skin is removed and it is given a very soft finish, usually gray in color.
  • noun. See caster, 3.
  • noun. A beaver.
  • noun. Among French Canadians, one of the party which called itself the national party, the beaver being the national emblem of Canada.
  • noun. A genus of sciuromorphic rodent mammals, typical of the family Castoridæ.
  • noun. A beaver hat; by extension, a silk hat.
  • noun. A heavy quality of broadcloth used for overcoats.
  • Made of beaver-skin or -fur, or of the cloth called beaver.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See caster, a small wheel.
  • noun. the northernmost of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, the other being Pollux.
  • noun. A variety of the mineral called petalite, from Elba.
  • noun. A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See beaver.
  • noun. Castoreum. See Castoreum.
  • noun. A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver.
  • noun. A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture to allow it to be moved.
  • noun. A hat made from the fur of the beaver.
  • noun. A caster; a container with perforated cap for sprinkling (e.g. pepper-castor).
  • noun. A variety of petalite found in Elba.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a multiple star with 6 components; second brightest in Gemini; close to Pollux
  • noun. a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable
  • noun. type genus of the Castoridae: beavers
  • noun. a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
  • noun. a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar
  • Word Usage
    "So she stepped around briskly, and spread her snow-white table-cloth, and put on her cups and saucers, and plates, and the castor -- (yes, the _castor_ on the _tea_ table! for they didn't care a pin for fashion); and when she had cooked her supper, she looked at the clock."
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