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   Cast , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cast; p. pr. & vb. n. Casting.] [Cf. Dan. kaste, Icel. & Sw. kasta; perh. akin to L. gerere to bear, carry. E. jest.]
   To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.
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   Uzziah prepared . . . slings to cast stones.
   2 Chron. xxvi. 14.
   
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   Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.
   Acts. xii. 8.
   
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   We must be cast upon a certain island.
   Acts. xxvii. 26.
   
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   To direct or turn, as the eyes.
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   How earnestly he cast his eyes upon me!
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   To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
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   To throw down, as in wrestling.
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   To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
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   Thine enemies shall cast a trench [bank] about thee.
   Luke xix. 48.
   
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   To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
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   His filth within being cast.
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   Neither shall your vine cast her fruit.
   Mal. iii. 11
   
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   The creatures that cast the skin are the snake, the viper, etc.
   Bacon.
   
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   To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
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   Thy she-goats have not cast their young.
   Gen. xxi. 38.
   
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   To throw out or emit; to exhale. [Obs.]
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   This . . . casts a sulphureous smell.
   Woodward.
   
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   To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
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   To impose; to bestow; to rest.
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   The government I cast upon my brother.
   Shak.
   
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   Cast thy burden upon the Lord.
   Ps. iv. 22.
   
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   To dismiss; to discard; to cashier. [Obs.]
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   The state can not with safety cast him.
   
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   To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope. “Let it be cast and paid.” 
   Shak.
   
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   You cast the event of war, my noble lord.
   Shak.
   
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   To contrive; to plan. [Archaic]
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   The cloister . . . had, I doubt not, been cast for [an orange-house].
   Sir W. Temple.
   
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   To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.
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   She was cast to be hanged.
   Jeffrey.
   
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   Were the case referred to any competent judge, they would inevitably be cast.
   Dr. H. More.
   
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   To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
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   How much interest casts the balance in cases dubious!
   South.
   
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   To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets.
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   (Print.) To stereotype or electrotype.
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   To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
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   Our parts in the other world will be new cast.
   Addison.
   
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   To cast anchor (Naut.) See under Anchor. -- To cast a horoscope, to calculate it. -- To cast a horse, sheep, or other animal, to throw with the feet upwards, in such a manner as to prevent its rising again. -- To cast a shoe, to throw off or lose a shoe, said of a horse or ox. -- To cast aside, to throw or push aside; to neglect; to reject as useless or inconvenient. -- To cast away. (a) To throw away; to lavish; to waste. “Cast away a life” Addison. (b) To reject; to let perish. “Cast away his people.” Rom. xi. 1. “Cast one away.” Shak. (c) To wreck. “Cast away and sunk.” Shak. -- To cast by, to reject; to dismiss or discard; to throw away. -- To cast down, to throw down; to destroy; to deject or depress, as the mind. “Why art thou cast down. O my soul?” Ps. xiii. 5. -- To cast forth, to throw out, or eject, as from an inclosed place; to emit; to send out. -- To cast in one's lot with, to share the fortunes of. -- To cast in one's teeth, to upbraid or abuse one for; to twin. -- To cast lots. See under Lot. -- To cast off. (a) To discard or reject; to drive away; to put off; to free one's self from. (b) (Hunting) To leave behind, as dogs; also, to set loose, or free, as dogs. Crabb. (c) (Naut.) To untie, throw off, or let go, as a rope. -- To cast off copy, (Print.), to estimate how much printed matter a given amount of copy will make, or how large the page must be in order that the copy may make a given number of pages. -- To cast one's self on or To cast one's self upon to yield or submit one's self unreservedly to, as to the mercy of another. -- To cast out, to throw out; to eject, as from a house; to cast forth; to expel; to utter. -- To cast the lead (Naut.), to sound by dropping the lead to the bottom. -- To cast the water (Med.), to examine the urine for signs of disease. [Obs.]. -- To cast up. (a) To throw up; to raise. (b) To compute; to reckon, as the cost. (c) To vomit. (d) To twit with; to throw in one's teeth.
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   Casting , n.
   The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.
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   The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold.
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   That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.
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   The warping of a board.
   Brande & C.
   
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   The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc.
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   Casting of draperies, the proper distribution of the folds of garments, in painting and sculpture. -- Casting line (Fishing), the leader; also, sometimes applied to the long reel line. -- Casting net, a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction from a net that is set and left. -- Casting voice, Casting vote, the decisive vote of a presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house are equally divided. “When there was an equal vote, the governor had the casting voice.” B. Trumbull. -- Casting weight, a weight that turns a balance when exactly poised.
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