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castle

castle is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.
  2. 2.A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.
  3. 3.A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook. Castle in the air, a visionary project; a baseless scheme; an air castle; -- sometimes called a castle in Spain (F. Château en Espagne). See Fortress.
  4. 4.To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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