'To cast by' definitions:
Definition of 'To cast by'
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- Cast \Cast\ (k[.a]st), 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.]
- 1. To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel. [1913 Webster]
- Uzziah prepared . . . slings to cast stones. --2 Chron. xxvi. 14. [1913 Webster]
- Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. --Acts. xii. 8. [1913 Webster]
- We must be cast upon a certain island. --Acts. xxvii. 26. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To direct or turn, as the eyes. [1913 Webster]
- How earnestly he cast his eyes upon me! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To throw down, as in wrestling. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To throw up, as a mound, or rampart. [1913 Webster]
- Thine enemies shall cast a trench [bank] about thee. --Luke xix. 48. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose. [1913 Webster]
- His filth within being cast. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Neither shall your vine cast her fruit. --Mal. iii. 11 [1913 Webster]
- The creatures that cast the skin are the snake, the viper, etc. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To bring forth prematurely; to slink. [1913 Webster]
- Thy she-goats have not cast their young. --Gen. xxi. 38. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To throw out or emit; to exhale. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- This . . . casts a sulphureous smell. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
- 9. To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject. [1913 Webster]
- 10. To impose; to bestow; to rest. [1913 Webster]
- The government I cast upon my brother. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Cast thy burden upon the Lord. --Ps. iv. 22. [1913 Webster]
- 11. To dismiss; to discard; to cashier. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The state can not with safety cast him. [1913 Webster]
- 12. To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope. "Let it be cast and paid." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- You cast the event of war, my noble lord. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 13. To contrive; to plan. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- The cloister . . . had, I doubt not, been cast for [an orange-house]. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- 14. To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages. [1913 Webster]
- She was cast to be hanged. --Jeffrey. [1913 Webster]
- Were the case referred to any competent judge, they would inevitably be cast. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
- 15. To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice. [1913 Webster]
- How much interest casts the balance in cases dubious! --South. [1913 Webster]
- 16. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 17. (Print.) To stereotype or electrotype. [1913 Webster]
- 18. To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part. [1913 Webster]
- Our parts in the other world will be new cast. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To cast by'
- Cast,
- Caste,
- Casting,
- To cast a,
- To cast down,
- To cast off,
- To cast out,
- To cast up,
- cast about,
- cast down,
- cast off,
- cast on,
- cast out,
- cast up,
- A cast of the eye,
- Cast iron,
- Cast steel,
- Cast-off,
- Casting line,
- Casting net,
- Casting of draperies,
- Casting voice,
- Casting vote,
- Casting weight,
- Mitis casting,
- Plaster cast,
- Renal cast,
- Renal casts,
- Stone's cast,
- The die is cast,
- The last cast,
- To cast a horoscope,
- To cast a shoe,
- To cast anchor,
- To cast aside,
- To cast away,
- To cast forth,
- To cast in the teeth,
- To cast lots,
- To cast off copy,
- To cast the lead,
- To cast the water,
- To lose caste,
- bait casting,
- cast a spell,
- cast anchor,
- cast around,
- cast aside,
- cast away,
- cast forth,
- cast of characters,
- cast scrap,
- caste system,
- casting lots,
- fly casting,
- leaf cast,
- needle cast,
- sand cast,
- surf casting,
- Cast-iron,
- Clich'e casting,
- Half-caste,
- Malleable iron castings,
- To cast in one's lot with,
- To cast in one's teeth,
- To cast one's nativity,
- To cast one's self on,
- alloy cast iron,
- die-cast,
- To cast one's colt's tooth,
- To cast one's self upon,
- cast-iron plant,
- soft-cast steel,
- wrought-iron casting