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


  Caster \Cast"er\, n.
     1. One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc.; a caster of
        cannon; a caster of accounts.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain
        condiments at the table; as, a set of casters.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A stand to hold a set of cruets.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported
        and moved.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]

Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr. ?,
?, akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.]
1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried
berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.

Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry,
dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from
the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by
maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar
properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper
is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant.

2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody
climber ({Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous
flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red
when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several
hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed
throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the
earth.

3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red
pepper; as, the bell pepper.

Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other
fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the
true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of
Capsicum. See Capsicum, and the Phrases, below.

African pepper, the Guinea pepper. See under Guinea.

Cayenne pepper. See under Cayenne.

Chinese pepper, the spicy berries of the Xanthoxylum
piperitum, a species of prickly ash found in China and
Japan.

Guinea pepper. See under Guinea, and Capsicum.

Jamaica pepper. See Allspice.

Long pepper.
(a) The spike of berries of Piper longum, an East Indian
shrub.
(b) The root of Piper, or Macropiper, methysticum. See
Kava.

Malaguetta, or Meleguetta, pepper, the aromatic seeds
of the Amomum Melegueta, an African plant of the Ginger
family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc.,
under the name of grains of Paradise.

Red pepper. See Capsicum.

Sweet pepper bush (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra
alnifolia), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; --
called also white alder.

Pepper box or caster, a small box or bottle, with a
perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food,
etc.

Pepper corn. See in the Vocabulary.

Pepper elder (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants
of the Pepper family, species of Piper and Peperomia.

Pepper moth (Zo["o]l.), a European moth ({Biston
betularia) having white wings covered with small black
specks.

Pepper pot, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and
cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.

Pepper root. (Bot.). See Coralwort.

pepper sauce, a condiment for the table, made of small red
peppers steeped in vinegar.

Pepper+tree+(Bot.),+an+aromatic+tree+({Drimys+axillaris" rel="nofollow">Pepper tree (Bot.), an aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris)
of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See
Peruvian mastic tree, under Mastic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Caster \Cast"er\, n.
     1. One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc.; a caster of
        cannon; a caster of accounts.
  
     2. A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain
        condiments at the table; as, a set of casters.
  
     3. A stand to hold a set of cruets.
  
     4. A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported
        and moved.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  caster
       n 1: a worker who casts molten metal into finished products
       2: a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar
          [syn: castor]
       3: a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or
          trucks or portable machines to make them movable [syn: castor]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  caster
     Αγγλικά n.
     καρούλι, μικρός τροχός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  caster
     n.
     1 Someone or something that casts.
     2 A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to
  facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be
  plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision
  (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows
  the caster to rotate for steering).
     3 A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as
  sugar, salt, pepper, etc.
     4 A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
     5 (lb en automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front
  wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis
  being defined as zero caster.
     vb.
     To act as a caster

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Caster
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  caster
     n.
     1 Someone or something that casts.
     2 A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to
  facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be
  plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision
  (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows
  the caster to rotate for steering).
     3 A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as
  sugar, salt, pepper, etc.
     4 A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
     5 (lb en automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front
  wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis
  being defined as zero caster.
     vb.
     To act as a caster

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Caster
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  caster
     n.
     1 Someone or something that casts.
     2 A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to
  facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be
  plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision
  (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows
  the caster to rotate for steering).
     3 A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as
  sugar, salt, pepper, etc.
     4 A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
     5 (lb en automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front
  wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis
  being defined as zero caster.
     vb.
     To act as a caster

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Caster
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  caster
     n.
     1 Someone or something that casts.
     2 A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to
  facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be
  plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision
  (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows
  the caster to rotate for steering).
     3 A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as
  sugar, salt, pepper, etc.
     4 A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
     5 (lb en automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front
  wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis
  being defined as zero caster.
     vb.
     To act as a caster

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Caster
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  caster
     Englanti n.
     1 heittäjä, viskaaja
     2 selostaja, juontaja
     3 valaja
     4 kalustepyörä, rullapyörä (esimerkiksi toimistotuolin)
     5 sirotin

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Caster /kˈastə/
  المذرة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  caster //ˈkæstə(ɹ)// //ˈkæstɚ// //ˈkɑːstə(ɹ)// 
  1. со́лница
  shaker with perforated top
  2. леяр
  someone or something that casts
  3. колелце́
  wheeled assembly

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  caster /kˈastə/ 
  slévač