Definition of cast

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Cast (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.

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Splay :: Splay (v. t.) To spay; to castrate.
Tanist :: Tanist (n.) In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry..
Dejectory :: Dejectory (a.) Having power, or tending, to cast down..
Eunuch :: Eunuch (n.) A male of the human species castrated; commonly, one of a class of such persons, in Oriental countries, having charge of the women's apartments. Some of them, in former times, gained high official rank..
Glance :: Glance (v. t.) To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye..
Bailey :: Bailey (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle.
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..
Type :: Type (n.) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing..
Indobriton :: IndoBriton (n.) A person born in India, of mixed Indian and British blood; a half-caste..
Exorcise :: Exorcise (v. t.) To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc., by conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain ceremonies; to expel (a demon) or to conjure (a demon) to depart out of a person possessed by one..
Caster :: Caster (n.) One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc. ; a caster of cannon; a caster of accounts..
Cast :: Cast (n.) An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern..
Roughcaster :: Roughcaster (n.) One who roughcasts.
Uncastle :: Uncastle (v. t.) To take a castle from; to turn out of a castle.
Sprue :: Sprue (n.) The waste piece of metal cast in this hole; hence, dross..
Ribaudequin :: Ribaudequin (n.) A huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for casting javelins.
Dodecastyle :: Dodecastyle (a.) Having twelve columns in front.
Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To calculate; to compute.
Politicaster :: Politicaster (n.) A petty politician; a pretender in politics.
Steel :: Steel (n.) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon..
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