Definition of cast

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Cast (n.) An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern..

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Rajput :: Rajput (n.) A Hindoo of the second, or royal and military, caste; a Kshatriya; especially, an inhabitant of the country of Rajpootana, in northern central India..
Chinquapin :: Chinquapin (n.) A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat..
Gelding :: Gelding (v. t.) A castrated animal; -- usually applied to a horse, but formerly used also of the human male..
Run :: Run (v. i.) To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like..
Redcap :: Redcap (n.) A specter having long teeth, popularly supposed to haunt old castles in Scotland..
Quail :: Quail (v. i.) To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.
Castanets :: Castanets (n. pl.) Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars..
Hub :: Hub (n.) A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast..
Castanet :: Castanet (n.) See Castanets.
Fling :: Fling (n.) A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse..
Facing :: Facing (n.) A powdered substance, as charcoal, bituminous coal, ect., applied to the face of a mold, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting..
Adverse :: Adverse (a.) Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste..
Abdicate :: Abdicate (v. t.) To reject; to cast off.
Abject :: Abject (a.) To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase..
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..
Tubbing :: Tubbing (n.) A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety..
Sloughing :: Sloughing (n.) The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis..
Miscast :: Miscast (n.) An erroneous cast or reckoning.
Stile :: Stile (n.) A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See Style..
Decastyle :: Decastyle (a.) Having ten columns in front; -- said of a portico, temple, etc..
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