UPCASTING

Verb

upcasting

present participle of upcast

Anagrams

• casting up

Source: Wiktionary


UPCAST

Up"cast`, a.

Definition: Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. Addison.

Up"cast`, n.

1. (Bowling)

Definition: A cast; a throw. Shak.

2. (Mining.)

Definition: The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine; -- distinguished from the downcast. Called also upcast pit, and upcast shaft.

3. An upset, as from a carriage. [Scot.]

4. A taunt; a reproach. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Up*cast", v. t.

1. To cast or throw up; to turn upward. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. [Scot.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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