among grammarians, implies the different inflections or terminations of nouns, serving to express the different relations they bear to each other, and to the things they represent. See GRAMMAR, p. 17.

CASE also denotes a receptacle for various articles; as a case of knives, of lancets, of pistols, &c.

in printing, a large flat oblong frame placed slopewise, divided into several compartments, or little square cells; in each of which are lodged a number of types, or letters, of the same kind, whence the compositor takes them out, each as he needs it, to compose his matter. See PRINTING.

CASE is also used for a certain numerous quantity of divers things. Thus a case of crown-glass contains usually 24 tables, each table being nearly circular, and about three feet six inches diameter; of Newcastle glass, 35 tables; of Normandy glass, 25.