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Up"cast` (?), a. Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. Addison.

Up"cast` (?), n. 1. (Bowling) A cast; a throw. Shak.

2. (Mining.) The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine; -- distinguished from the downcast. Called also upcast pit, and upcast shaft.

3. An upset, as from a carriage. [Scot.]

4. A taunt; a reproach. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Up*cast" (?), v. t. 1. To cast or throw up; to turn upward. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. [Scot.]

Up"cast` (?), a. Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. Addison.

Up"cast` (?), n. 1. (Bowling) A cast; a throw. Shak.

2. (Mining.) The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine; -- distinguished from the downcast. Called also upcast pit, and upcast shaft.

3. An upset, as from a carriage. [Scot.]

4. A taunt; a reproach. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Up*cast" (?), v. t. 1. To cast or throw up; to turn upward. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. [Scot.]

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. - Addison.
  • (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
  • (transitive) (obsolete) To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
  • (transitive) (Scottish): To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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