Definition of casting

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Casting (n.) The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc..

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Sloughing :: Sloughing (n.) The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis..
Facing :: Facing (n.) A powdered substance, as charcoal, bituminous coal, ect., applied to the face of a mold, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting..
Calculating :: Calculating (a.) Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition..
Founding :: Founding (n.) The art of smelting and casting metals.
Pitching :: Pitching (n.) The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild pitching in baseball..
Dejection :: Dejection (n.) A casting down; depression.
Warp :: Warp (v.) A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc..
Ejaculatory :: Ejaculatory (a.) Casting or throwing out; fitted to eject; as, ejaculatory vessels..
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..
Horoscopy :: Horoscopy (n.) The art or practice of casting horoscopes, or observing the disposition of the stars, with a view to prediction events..
Defiance :: Defiance (n.) A casting aside; renunciation; rejection.
Chill :: Chill (n.) The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel..
Ejectment :: Ejectment (n.) A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes..
Scratchbrush :: Scratchbrush (n.) A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle..
Casting :: Casting (n.) The warping of a board.
Cleromancy :: Cleromancy (n.) A divination by throwing dice or casting lots.
Pickle :: Pickle (v. t.) A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their color..
Mould :: Mould (v. t.) To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made..
Throw :: Throw (v. i.) To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice..
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