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Complete Definition of "upcast"

English
Adjective
#Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. - Addison.

Noun
upcast
#(Bowling): A cast; a throw. - Shakespeare
#(Mining): The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine; -- distinguished from the owncast. Called also upcast pit, and upcast shaft.
#(Scottish): An upset, as from a carriage.
#(Scottish): A taunt; a reproach. - Sir W. Scott

Verb
to upcast

  1. transitive obsolete To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
  2. transitive (Scottish): To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.

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