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▪ I. † casse1 Obs. rare.
[cf. OF. casse oak.]
1523Fitzherb. Husb. §130 Dyuers apple trees that haue knottes in the bowes as casses or wydes.
▪ II. ‖ casse2|kæs, kas|
[Fr., vbl. n. f. casser to break.]
Incipient souring of certain wines, accompanied by loss of colour and a deposit of sediment.
1883J. Gardner Brewer, Distiller 226 If the breakage, or casse, as it is termed, has not exceeded 7 or 8 per cent. by the time August is reached, he..lets the wine remain. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 720/1 The disease known as tourne or casse is generally caused by the wine having been made..from grapes affected by mildew. 1959W. James Word-Bk. Wine 43 Casse, a common disease of wines in which an excess of metallic salts causes cloudiness and an off-taste.
▪ III. casse
obs. form of case n. |