Offcast

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    That which is rejected as useless.
Verb
  1. 1
    To cast off; shed. transitive
  2. 2
    To remove from the cast of a production. transitive

    "The experiment to offcast Davis began in 1937 with That Certain Woman; "She's a lady," we are told."

Example

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"The experiment to offcast Davis began in 1937 with That Certain Woman; "She's a lady," we are told."

Etymology

From Middle English ofcasten, equivalent to off- + cast. Cognate with Danish afkaste (“to shed”), Swedish avkasta (“to crop, throw off, yield”). The noun is possibly derived from Middle English ofcast (“the refuse of plants”).

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