Definition of cast

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Cast (v. t.) To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject..

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Truckle :: Truckle (v. t.) To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle..
Fling :: Fling (v. i.) To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling..
Castrato :: Castrato (n.) A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano..
Idiom :: Idiom (n.) The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.
Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets..
Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject..
Backhanded :: Backhanded (a.) Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment..
Exuviation :: Exuviation (n.) The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis..
Flirt :: Flirt (n.) A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer..
Bright''s Disease :: Bright's disease () An affection of the kidneys, usually inflammatory in character, and distinguished by the occurrence of albumin and renal casts in the urine. Several varieties of Bright's disease are now recognized, differing in the part of the kidney involved, and in the intensity and course of the morbid process..
Chopfallen :: Chopfallen (a.) Having the lower chop or jaw depressed; hence, crestfallen; dejected; dispirited; downcast. See Chapfallen..
Ricinus :: Ricinus (n.) A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. See Palma Christi..
Sarcastic :: Sarcastic (a.) Alt. of Sarcastica.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
Bastile Bastille :: Bastile Bastille (n.) The Bastille, formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison..
Plump :: Plump (v. t.) To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water..
Raffle :: Raffle (v.) A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor..
Starproof :: Starosty (n.) A castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life.
Ricinine :: Ricinine (n.) A bitter white crystalline alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the castor-oil plant.
Shed :: Shed (v. t.) To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves..
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