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Upcast

//ˈʌpkæst// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Cast up; thrown upward.

    "Old Saturn too with upcast eyes Beheld his abdicated skies"

Noun
  1. 1
    A cast; a throw.

    "When I kissed the jack, upon an upcast to be hit away"

  2. 2
    air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine wordnet
  3. 3
    The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine.
  4. 4
    A current of air passed along such a shaft.
  5. 5
    An upset, as from a carriage. Scotland
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  1. 6
    A taunt; a reproach. Scotland

    "for what with the upcast and terror that I got a wee while syne, and what wi' the wee bit taste that I behoved to take of the plottie while I was making it, my head is sair eneugh distressed the night already."

  2. 7
    A cast from subtype to supertype.
  3. 8
    A message transmitted via upcasting.
Verb
  1. 1
    To cast or throw up; to turn upward. obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. Scotland, transitive
  3. 3
    To cast from subtype to supertype. transitive
  4. 4
    To broadcast a message or data to aircraft or satellites, especially via radio waves; as opposed to uplinking to a specific satellite or aircraft

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English upcasten, equivalent to up- + cast.

Etymology 2

From Middle English upcasten, equivalent to up- + cast.

Etymology 3

From Middle English upcasten, equivalent to up- + cast.

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