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Upcast
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A cast; a throw. Shak.
2. 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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To cast or throw up; to turn upward. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. [Scot.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. Addison.