cass

See also: Cass, CASS, and Cass.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English cassen, from Old French casser, from Late Latin cassō, from Latin cassus (“empty, hollow”), and perhaps influenced by quassō (“to shake, shatter”).

Verb

cass (third-person singular simple present casses, present participle cassing, simple past and past participle cassed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To render moot or void; to annul; to reject
   • 1687 James II/VII of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland Declaration of Indulgence

     […] Do therefore, with Advice and Consent aforesaid, Cass, Annul and Discharge all Oaths whatsoever, by which any of Our Subjects are incapacitated or disabled from holding Places, or Offices in Our said Kingdom […]

Etymology 2

Noun

cass

1. (computing, dated) Abbreviation of cassette.
   • 1985, Stephen Doyle, GCSE Computer Studies for You, page 214:

     STOCK CONTROL / CASS / DATASOFT / 12.81

   • 1988, PC Mag, volume 7, number 7, page 62:

     Radio Shaft color computer w/printer & cass. drive, several programs, $250.

Anagrams

• ASCs, CSAs, SACs, Sacs, sacs

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːs/

Noun

cass f (genitive singular coshey, plural cassyn)

1. foot, leg

   Ta cass echey 'syn oaie. ― He has one foot in the grave.

Derived terms

• daa-chassagh, daa-choshagh
• yl-chassagh, yl-choshagh

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cass	chass	gass
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.