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Spider :: Spider (n.) A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc..

Burr :: Burr (n.) The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting..

Chill :: Chill (n.) The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel..

Torment :: Torment (n.) An engine for casting stones.

Nowel :: Nowel (n.) The core, or the inner part, of a mold for casting a large hollow object..

Calculating :: Calculating (a.) Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition..

Loam :: Loam (n.) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern..

Air Hole :: Air hole () A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole..

Scratchbrush :: Scratchbrush (n.) A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.

Anticipatory :: Anticipatory (a.) Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation.

Genethlialogy :: Genethlialogy (n.) Divination as to the destinies of one newly born; the act or art of casting nativities; astrology.

Shedder :: Shedder (n.) A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft; -- applied especially to the edible crabs, which are most prized while in this state..

Ecdysis :: Ecdysis (n.) The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation..

Foundry :: Foundry (n.) The act, process, or art of casting metals..

Unfinished :: Unfinished (a.) Not finished, not brought to an end; imperfect; incomplete; left in the rough; wanting the last hand or touch; as, an unfinished house; an unfinished picture; an unfinished iron casting..

Draught :: Draught (n.) The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold..

Foundry :: Foundry (n.) The buildings and works for casting metals.

Fin :: Fin (n.) A mark or ridge left on a casting at the junction of the parts of a mold.

House :: House (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in

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..

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