UPCAST

a. n. v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. Addison.

2.
n.

A cast; a throw. Shak.

3.
n.

The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine; -- distinguished from the downcast. Called also upcast pit, and upcast shaft.

4.
n.

An upset, as from a carriage. [Scot.]

5.
n.

A taunt; a reproach. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

6.
v.

To cast or throw up; to turn upward. [Obs.] Chaucer.

7.
v.

To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. [Scot.]


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