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UPCASTS
Noun
upcasts
plural of upcast
Verb
upcasts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upcast
Anagrams
• casts up, catsups
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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