ALL meanings of lower-case
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L l - noun lower-case an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case. 1
- noun lower-case a sheath or outer covering: a knife case. 1
- noun lower-case a box with its contents: a case of ginger ale. 1
- noun lower-case the amount contained in a box or other container: There are a dozen bottles to a case. 1
- noun lower-case a pair or couple; brace: a case of pistols. 1
- noun lower-case a surrounding frame or framework, as of a door. 1
- noun lower-case Bookbinding. a completed book cover ready to be fitted to form the binding of a book. 1
- noun lower-case Printing. a tray of wood, metal, or plastic, divided into compartments for holding types for the use of a compositor and usually arranged in a set of two, the upper (upper case) for capital letters and often auxiliary types, the lower (lower case) for small letters and often auxiliary types, now generally replaced by the California job case. Compare news case. 1
- noun lower-case a cavity in the skull of a sperm whale, containing an oil from which spermaceti is obtained. 1
- noun lower-case Also called case card. Cards. the last card of a suit or denomination that remains after the other cards have been played: a case heart; the case jack. 1
- noun lower-case Faro. casebox. 1
- noun lower-case Southeastern U.S. (chiefly South Carolina) . a coin of a particular denomination, as opposed to the same amount in change: a case quarter. 1
- noun lower-case Metallurgy. the hard outer part of a piece of casehardened steel. 1
- verb with object lower-case to put or enclose in a case; cover with a case. 1
- verb with object lower-case Slang. to examine or survey (a house, bank, etc.) in planning a crime (sometimes followed by out): They cased the joint and decided to pull the job on Sunday. 1
- verb with object lower-case to fuse a layer of glass onto (glass of a contrasting color or of different properties). 1
- verb with object lower-case to cover (a surface of a wall, well, shaft, etc.) with a facing or lining; revet. 1
- verb with object lower-case Bookbinding. to bind (a book) in a case. 1
- verb with object lower-case Cards Slang. to arrange (cards or a pack of cards) in a dishonest manner. to remember the quantity, suit, or denomination of (the cards played). 1
- adjective lower-case Alternative spelling of lowercase. 0