Definition of cast

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Cast (n.) Contrivance; plot, design..

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Bail :: Bail (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.
Broadcast :: Broadcast (a.) Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused..
Unbend :: Unbend (v. t.) To cast loose or untie, as a rope..
Frame :: Frame (n.) A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings..
Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To throw down, as in wrestling..
Caponize :: Caponize (v. t.) To castrate, as a fowl..
Xyloplastic :: Xyloplastic (a.) Formed of wood pulp by molds; relating to casts made of wood pulp in molds.
Castleward :: Castleward (n.) Same as Castleguard.
Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart..
Cast :: Cast (n.) An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern..
Midshipman :: Midshipman (n.) Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war, whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports, etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and render other services as required..
Spider :: Spider (n.) A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc..
Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam..
Abase :: Abase (a.) To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye..
Abject :: Abject (n.) A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.
Radiate-veined :: Radiate-veined (a.) Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from the apex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of the grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant..
Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted..
Bluebeard :: Bluebeard (n.) The hero of a mediaeval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it is forbidden to investigate..
Castorite :: Castorite (n.) A variety of the mineral called petalite, from Elba..
Afflict :: Afflict (v. t.) To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
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