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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

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.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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