UNDERCAST

Etymology

Noun

undercast (countable and uncountable, plural undercasts)

(meteorology) An unbroken or nearly unbroken cloud layer below the point of observation.

Antonym: overcast

(mining) An air-passage crossing a road in a mine by means of an airtight box or channel beneath it.

Verb

undercast (third-person singular simple present undercasts, present participle undercasting, simple past and past participle undercast)

To allocate the parts in (a play or film) to insufficiently skilled actors.

To throw under or beneath.

Anagrams

• reducants, transduce, underacts, unredacts

Source: Wiktionary

Un`der*cast", v. t.

Definition: To cast under or beneath.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition