Definition of cast

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Cast (n.) A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift..

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Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves..
Sad :: Sad (supperl.) Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.
Cast :: Cast (n.) That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting..
House :: House (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in
Ricinus :: Ricinus (n.) A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. See Palma Christi..
Polled :: Polled (a.) Deprived of a poll, or of something belonging to the poll. Specifically: (a) Lopped; -- said of trees having their tops cut off. (b) Cropped; hence, bald; -- said of a person. The polled bachelor. Beau. & Fl. (c) Having cast the antlers; -- said of a stag. (d) Without horns; as, polled cattle; polled sheep..
Depress :: Depress (v. t.) To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed..
Castrate :: Castrate (v. t.) To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate..
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..
Decastyle :: Decastyle (n.) A portico having ten pillars or columns in front.
Chill :: Chill (v. i.) To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others..
Aftercast :: Aftercast (n.) A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late..
Palmic :: Palmic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi); -- formerly used to designate an acid now called ricinoleic acid..
Wether :: Wether (n.) A castrated ram.
Molecast :: Molecast (n.) A little elevation of earth made by a mole; a molehill.
Castigatory :: Castigatory (a.) Punitive in order to amendment; corrective.
Roughcast :: Roughcast (v. t.) To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities.
Upcast :: Upcast (n.) A cast; a throw.
Handwriting :: Handwriting (n.) The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person; chirography.
Cubbridge-head :: Cubbridge-head (n.) A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship.
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