Definition of cast

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Cast (v. t.) To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.

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Ricinoleic :: Ricinoleic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a fatty acid analogous to oleic acid, obtained from castor oil as an oily substance, C/H/O/ with a harsh taste. Formerly written ricinolic..
Frigate-built :: Frigate-built (a.) Built like a frigate with a raised quarter-deck and forecastle.
Gunwale :: Gunwale (n.) The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull..
Umbriferous :: Umbriferous (a.) Casting or making a shade; umbrageous.
Outcast :: Outcast (n.) One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home, society, or country; hence, often, a degraded person; a vagabond..
Chill :: Chill (v. i.) To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others..
Glance :: Glance (v. i.) To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view..
Bluebeard :: Bluebeard (n.) The hero of a mediaeval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it is forbidden to investigate..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle..
Space :: Space (n.) A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so as not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to separate words or letters..
Fair :: Fair (superl.) Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; favorable; -- said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.; as, a fair sky; a fair day..
Ule :: Ule (n.) A Mexican and Central American tree (Castilloa elastica and C. Markhamiana) related to the breadfruit tree. Its milky juice contains caoutchouc. Called also ule tree.
Cast :: Cast (n.) The act of casting in a mold.
Lot :: Lot (n.) Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots..
Plumbing :: Plumbing (n.) The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc..
Caste :: Caste (n.) One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.
Torment :: Torment (n.) An engine for casting stones.
Ricinic :: Ricinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil; formerly, designating an acid now called ricinoleic acid..
Xyloplastic :: Xyloplastic (a.) Formed of wood pulp by molds; relating to casts made of wood pulp in molds.
Dodecastyle :: Dodecastyle (n.) A dodecastyle portico, or building..
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