Definition of cast

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Cast (v. t.) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart..

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Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl..
Pollucite :: Pollucite (n.) A colorless transparent mineral, resembling quartz, occurring with castor or castorite on the island of Elba. It is a silicate of alumina and caesia. Called also pollux..
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..
Decastere :: Decastere (n.) A measure of capacity, equal to ten steres, or ten cubic meters..
Steer :: Steer (a.) A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox..
Castle :: Castle (v. i.) To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king..
Plasm :: Plasm (n.) A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape.
Castilian :: Castilian (n.) The Spanish language as spoken in Castile.
Javelin :: "Javelin (n.) A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game..
Steel :: Steel (n.) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon..
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked..
Inditch :: Inditch (v. t.) To bury in, or cast into, a ditch..
Roughcast :: Roughcast (n.) A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings..
Oilseed :: Oilseed (n.) Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean..
Inject :: Inject (v. t.) To cast or throw; -- with on.
Splay :: Splay (v. t.) To spay; to castrate.
Thrill :: Thrill (v. t.) To hurl; to throw; to cast.
Tubbing :: Tubbing (n.) A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety..
Cast-iron :: Cast-iron (a.) Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy; unyielding..
Castellan :: Castellan (n.) A governor or warden of a castle.
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