Up"cast` (?), a.

Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes.

Addison.

 

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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.

 

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Up*cast" (?), v. t.

1.

To cast or throw up; to turn upward.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

2.

To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.

[Scot.]

 

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