Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An abortion.
- Abortive.
Wiktionary
- n. obsolete An abortion, or a premature birth.
- n. obsolete The second or third swarm of bees which leaves a hive in a season.
- n. A miniature cast or mould.
- n. One that is cast.
- n. chess A move in which the king moves two squares towards a rook, and the rook moves to the other side of the king; the action of the verb to castle.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. That which is cast or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
- n. (Chess) A compound move of the king and castle. See castle, v. i.
WordNet 3.0
- n. interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
Etymologies
- From castle. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Another high-level member of Mr. Putin's circle, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, resigned from the government in September after the so-called castling of leaders was announced.”
“Mr. Putin, 59 years old, is expected to switch places with his longtime protégé, President Dmitri Medvedev, after March presidential elections in what critics and Kremlin officials alike have called a "castling"—referring to a chess move—of the two leaders.”
“If Black retires the Bishop from his unsafe position, White permanently prevents Black from castling, which is bound to be fatal in view of the open K file -- e.g. 11. ...”
“Therefore, I think that for both Putin and Medvedev, and for the entire political system, it would be beneficial to distance Putin from all problems and carry out a 'castling' maneuver.”
“This one move is called "castling" and is made by the King together with one of the Rooks.”
“Each move in a game of chess consists of the displacement of one piece only, with the exception of what is termed "castling," in which the King and either Rook can be moved simultaneously by either player once in a game.”
“Maneuvers such as castling or capturing '' en passant '' have been developed within the past few hundred years.”
“Maneuvers such as castling or capturing en passant have been developed within the past few hundred years.”
“Radjabov-Kamsky had the players "castling": Kamsky was half a point ahead before the round and tied for second, and now it's Radjabov who's in second, ahead of his rival.”
“Therefore, I think that for both Putin and Medvedev, and for the entire political system, it would be beneficial to distance Putin from all problems and carry out a "castling" maneuver.”
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casts
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Words that, as I see it, have some fond connection to the Alice stories through their creation or particular use by Lewis Carroll. I mean to tie them all together with contexty comments!
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A spoonful of sugar
Words I should learn/I want to learn/I just learned, with a quotation to help the medicine go down.
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