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a. Murderous. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. E. Casinos It. Casini [ It. casino, dim. of casa house, fr. L. casa cottage. Cf. Cassing. ] 1. A small country house. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, for dancing, etc., sometimes having gambling tables or devices. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. A game at cards. See Cassino. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. a business establishment for which the primary business is gambling, having various types of gambling tables, such as blackjack or roulette, and usually also slot machines, and sometimes other forms of gambling, such as poker; also, the main room of such an establishment where the gambling is conducted; as, the Trump casinos in Atlantic City. [ PJC ]

n. a business establishment that combines a casino and a hotel.
Syn. -- hotel-casino. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a building that houses both a hotel and a casino.
Syn. -- hotel-casino. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ It. casino a small house, a gaming house. See casino. ] A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great cassino, the ten of diamonds. --
Little cassino, the two of spades.

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a. 1. Pertaining to, or containing, cerasin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of a cherry color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pepsin + -gen. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A proenzyme, the antecedent of the enzyme pepsin. A substance contained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric glands. It is readily convertible into pepsin. Also called propepsin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. prasinus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; a leek. ] Grass-green; clear, lively green, without any mixture. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Elec.) Containing or exhibiting resinous electricity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat like resin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. resinous: cf. F. résineux. See Resin. ] Of or pertaining to resin; of the nature of resin; resembling or obtained from resin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Resinous electricity (Elec.), electricity which is exited by rubbing bodies of the resinous kind. See Negative electricity, under Negative. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By means, or in the manner, of resin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being resinous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Sinologue. ] Relating to the Chinese language, literature or culture. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. A student of China and the Chinese; one versed in the Chinese language, literature, history, politics and culture. Same as sinologue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From L. Sinae, an Oriental people mentioned by Ptolemy, or Ar. Sin China or the Chinese + Gr. lo`gos discourse; formed like theologue: cf. F. sinologue. ] A student of China and the Chinese; one versed in the Chinese language, literature, history, politics and culture. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. sinologie. ] That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of the Chinese, their language, literature, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) Sinople. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A red pigment made from sinopite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. sinopis (sc. terra), a red earth or ocher found in Sinope, a town in Paphlagoma, on the Black Sea, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] (Min.) A brick-red ferruginous clay used by the ancients for red paint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) Ferruginous quartz, of a blood-red or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge of yellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. LL. sinopis. See Sinople a mineral. ] (Her.) The tincture vert; green. [ 1913 Webster ]