Definition of cast

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Cast (v. t.) To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part..

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Ridgeling :: Ridgeling (n.) A half-castrated male animal.
Esculin :: Esculin (n.) A glucoside obtained from the Aesculus hippocastanum, or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions..
Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam..
Thrill :: Thrill (v. t.) To hurl; to throw; to cast.
Wastrel :: Wastrel (n.) Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc..
Lingot :: Lingot (n.) A linget or ingot; also, a mold for casting metals. See Linget..
Sandiver :: Sandiver (n.) A whitish substance which is cast up, as a scum, from the materials of glass in fusion, and, floating on the top, is skimmed off; -- called also glass gall..
Capable :: Capable (a.) Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault..
Prose :: Prose (n.) The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition..
Foundry :: Foundry (n.) The buildings and works for casting metals.
Anticipatory :: Anticipatory (a.) Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation.
Calculating :: Calculating (a.) Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition..
Intermarry :: Intermarry (v. i.) To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, castes, etc..
Castlery :: Castlery (n.) The government of a castle.
Upsend :: Upsend (v. t.) To send, cast, or throw up..
Turret :: Turret (n.) A movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries..
Exuviable :: Exuviable (a.) Capable of being cast off in the form of exuviae.
Spade :: Spade (n.) A castrated man or beast.
Ricinic :: Ricinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil; formerly, designating an acid now called ricinoleic acid..
Tritovum :: Tritovum (n.) An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin previous to hatching from the egg.
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