Out"cast` (?), a. [Cf. Sw.
utkasta to cast out.] Cast out; degraded.
"Outcast, rejected." Longfellow.
Out"cast`, n. 1.
One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home,
society, or country; hence, often, a degraded person; a
vagabond.
The Lord . . . gathereth together the outcasts
of Israel.
Ps. cxlvii. 2.
2. A quarrel; a contention. [Scot.]
Jamieson.