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  Case \Case\ (k[=a]s), n. [OF. casse, F. caisse (cf. It. cassa),
     fr. L. capsa chest, box, case, fr. capere to take, hold. See
     Capacious, and cf. 4th Chase, Cash, Enchase, 3d
     Sash.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods;
        a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case
        (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box;
        as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Print.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or
        ``boxes'' for holding type.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Cases for type are usually arranged in sets of two,
           called respectively the upper and the lower case. The
           upper case contains capitals, small capitals,
           accented and marked letters, fractions, and marks of
           reference: the lower case contains the small letters,
           figures, marks of punctuation, quadrats, and spaces.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     4. An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window
        case.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Mining) A small fissure which admits water to the
        workings. --Knight.
        [1913 Webster]

  Case \Case\ (k[=a]s), n. [OF. casse, F. caisse (cf. It. cassa),
     fr. L. capsa chest, box, case, fr. capere to take, hold. See
     Capacious, and cf. 4th Chase, Cash, Enchase, 3d
     Sash.]
     1. A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods;
        a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case
        (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.
  
     2. A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box;
        as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.
  
     3. (Print.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or
        ``boxes'' for holding type.
  
     Note: Cases for type are usually arranged in sets of two,
           called respectively the upper and the lower case. The
           upper case contains capitals, small capitals,
           accented and marked letters, fractions, and marks of
           reference: the lower case contains the small letters,
           figures, marks of punctuation, quadrats, and spaces.
  
     4. An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window
        case.
  
     5. (Mining) A small fissure which admits water to the
        workings. --Knight.

  lower case
       n : the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a
           compositor's type case [syn: small letter, lower-case
           letter, minuscule] [ant: capital]

  lower case
     Αγγλικά n.
     (ετικ γράμμα γραμματική Αγγλικά) τα πεζό γράμματα

  lower case
     n.
     The minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase
  or capital letters, A, B, C).

  lower case
     n.
     The minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase
  or capital letters, A, B, C).

  lower case
     n.
     The minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase
  or capital letters, A, B, C).

  lower case
     n.
     The minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase
  or capital letters, A, B, C).

  lower case /lˈəʊə kˈeɪs/ 
  malá písmena

  lower case /lˈəʊə kˈeɪs/
  malými písmeny

  lower case //ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs// 
  gemena, pienaakkonen, pieni kirjain
  lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)

  lower case /lˈəʊə kˈeɪs/
  malih slova

  lower case /lˈəʊə kˈeɪs/
  nyomtatott kisbetû

  lower case //ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs// 
  小文字
  lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)

  lower case //ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs// 
  gemener, små bokstäver
  lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "lower case":
     abecedarian, allographic, alphabetic, ascender, back, bastard type,
     beard, belly, bevel, black letter, blackface, body, bold-faced,
     boldface, cap, capital, case, chromotypic, chromotypographic,
     counter, descender, em, en, face, fat-faced type, feet, font,
     full-faced, graphemic, groove, ideographic, italic, letter,
     lettered, lexigraphic, ligature, lightface, literal, logogrammatic,
     logographic, logotype, majuscule, minuscular, minuscule, nick,
     phototypic, pi, pica, pictographic, point, print, roman,
     sans serif, script, shank, shoulder, small cap, small capital,
     stamp, stem, stereotypic, transliterated, type, type body,
     type class, type lice, typecase, typeface, typefounders,
     typefoundry, typographic, uncial, upper case, upper-case
  
  

  Lower Case
     小写