Definition of casting

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Casting (n.) The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc..

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Springboard :: Springal (n.) An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
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..
Casting :: Casting (n.) The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing..
Calculating :: Calculating (a.) Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition..
Pitching :: Pitching (n.) The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild pitching in baseball..
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..
Lance :: Lance (n.) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
Ejectment :: Ejectment (n.) A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes..
Fin :: Fin (n.) A mark or ridge left on a casting at the junction of the parts of a mold.
Casting :: Casting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cas.
Apotelesmatic :: Apotelesmatic (a.) Relating to the casting of horoscopes.
Cold-shut :: Cold-shut (a.) Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; -- said of a forging or casting.
Founding :: Founding (n.) The art of smelting and casting metals.
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..
Casting :: Casting (n.) The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold..
Shrinkage :: Shrinkage (n.) The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc..
Outcasting :: Outcasting (n.) That which is cast out.
Proplastics :: Proplastics (n.) The art of making molds for castings.
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..
Sloughing :: Sloughing (n.) The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis..
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