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| noun - (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
- (transitive) (obsolete) To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
- (transitive) (Scottish): To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
adjective - Cast up; thrown upward; as, with eyes. - Addison.
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