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Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper.

im. Fuller. What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away Luke ix. 25. To advantage one's self of, to avail one's self of. [Obs.]

te; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.

Divination from the state of the air or from atmospheric substances; also, forecasting changes in the weather.

To strike or cast down; to overthrow. [Obs.] "Reassembling our afflicted powers." Milton.

A sac or bladder full of air in an animal or plant; also an air hole in a casting.

A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole.

Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle.

On land; to the land; ashore. "Cast aland." Sir P. Sidney.

A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors.

Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252- 1284). Alphonsine tables, astronomical tables prepared under the patronage of Alphonso the Wise. Whewell.

A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cast. Andrews.

The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith.

iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station.

been of long duration; of long standing; of great age; as, an ancient forest; an ancient castle. "Our ancient bickerings." Shak. Remove not the ancient landmarks, which thy fathers have set. Prov. xxii. 28. An ancient man, strangely habited, asked for quarters. Scott.

To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.

Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation. Owen. Here is an anticipatory glance of what was to be. J. C. Shairp.

Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence."

bitants of the earth, living on different sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite directions. The inhabitants of the north and south temperate zones are always Antiscians. Brande & C.