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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

casing

noun

1: the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" [syn: {shell}, {case}]

2: the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire

3: the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" [syn: {case}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Case \Case\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Cased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Casing}.]

1. To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.

The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle. --Prescott.

2. To strip the skin from; as, to case a box. [Obs.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Cash \Cash\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Cashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Casing}.] To pay, or to receive, cash for; to exchange for money; as, cash a note or an order.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Casing \Cas"ing\, noun

1. The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc.

2. An outside covering, for protection or ornament, or to precent the radiation of heat.

3. An inclosing frame; esp. the framework around a door or a window. See {Case}, noun, 4.
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