Cast (imp. & p. p.) of Cast
Casting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cast
Cast (v. t.) To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.
Cast (v. t.) To direct or turn, as the eyes.
Cast (v. t.) To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
Cast (v. t.) To throw down, as in wrestling.
Cast (v. t.) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
Cast (v. t.) To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
Cast (v. t.) To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
Cast (v. t.) To throw out or emit; to exhale.
Cast (v. t.) To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
Cast (v. t.) To impose; to bestow; to rest.
Cast (v. t.) To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.
Cast (v. t.) To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope.
Cast (v. t.) To contrive; to plan.
Cast (v. t.) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.
Cast (v. t.) To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
Cast (v. t.) 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.
Cast (v. t.) To stereotype or electrotype.
Cast (v. t.) To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
Cast (v. i.) To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
Cast (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
Cast (v. i.) To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.
Cast (v. i.) To calculate; to compute.
Cast (v. i.) To receive form or shape in a mold.
Cast (v. i.) To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
Cast (v. i.) To vomit.
Cast () 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth.
Cast (n.) The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
Cast (n.) The thing thrown.
Cast (n.) The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.
Cast (n.) A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
Cast (n.) That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.
Cast (n.) The act of casting in a mold.
Cast (n.) An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.
Cast (n.) That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.
Cast (n.) Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.
Cast (n.) A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
Cast (n.) A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.
Cast (n.) The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
Cast (n.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
Cast (n.) A stoke, touch, or trick.
Cast (n.) A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.
Cast (n.) A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
Cast (n.) Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
Cast (n.) Contrivance; plot, design.
Castalian (a.) Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses.
Castanea (n.) A genus of nut-bearing trees or shrubs including the chestnut and chinquapin.
Castanet (n.) See Castanets.
Castanets (n. pl.) Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars.
Castaway (n.) One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked.
Castaway (n.) One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.
Castaway (a.) Of no value; rejected; useless.
Caste (n.) One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.
Caste (n.) A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves.
Castellan (n.) A governor or warden of a castle.
Castellanies (pl. ) of Castellany
Castellany (n.) The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle.
Castellated (a.) Inclosed within a building; as, a fountain or cistern castellated.
Castellated (a.) Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle; built in the style of a castle.
Castellation (n.) The act of making into a castle.
Caster (n.) One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc. ; a caster of cannon; a caster of accounts.
Caster (n.) A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain condiments at the table; as, a set of casters.
Caster (n.) A stand to hold a set of cruets.
Caster (n.) A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported and moved.
Castigated (imp. & p. p.) of Castigate
Castigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Castigate
Castigate (v. t.) To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.
Castigate (v. t.) To emend; to correct.
Castigation (n.) Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.
Castigation (n.) Emendation; correction.
Castigator (n.) One who castigates or corrects.
Castigatory (a.) Punitive in order to amendment; corrective.
Castigatory (n.) An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket.
Castile soap () A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive oil and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap.
Castilian (n.) An inhabitant or native of Castile, in Spain.
Castilian (n.) The Spanish language as spoken in Castile.
Castillan (a.) Of or pertaining to Castile, in Spain.
Casting (n.) The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.
Casting (n.) The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold.
Casting (n.) That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.
Casting (n.) The warping of a board.
Casting (n.) The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc.
Cast iron () Highly carbonized iron, the direct product of the blast furnace; -- used for making castings, and for conversion into wrought iron and steel. It can not be welded or forged, is brittle, and sometimes very hard. Besides carbon, it contains sulphur, phosphorus, silica, etc.
Cast-iron (a.) Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy; unyielding.
Castle (n.) A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress.
Castle (n.) Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.
Castle (n.) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.
Castle (n.) A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook.
Castled (imp. & p. p.) of Castle
Castling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Castle
Castle (v. i.) To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king.
Castlebuilder (n.) Fig.: one who builds castles in the air or forms visionary schemes.
Castled (a.) Having a castle or castles; supporting a castle; as, a castled height or crag.
Castled (a.) Fortified; turreted; as, castled walls.
Castle-guard (n.) The guard or defense of a castle.
Castle-guard (n.) A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castle-ward.
Castle-guard (n.) A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time.
Castlery (n.) The government of a castle.
Castlet (n.) A small castle.