Obs. [var. of CASS v.] trans. To disband, dismiss, etc. = CASHIER 1.
1564. Golding, Justine (1570), 63. He cashed the old souldiers, and supplied their roumes with yong beginners.
1598. Barret, Theor. Warres, II. i. 20. If the Companie be dissolued or casht.
1601. R. Johnson, Kingd. & Commw. (1603), 177. The cashed soldier is euer ready to follow any faction.
1632. Le Grys, trans. Velleius Paterc., 202. That both Cæsar and Pompey should cast [corrected in Errata to ‘cash’] off their armies.
1829. Lond. Encycl., V. 214. Cash or Cashier … is now mostly used to express the breaking of an officer.
