upcast

upcast
/up"kast', -kahst'/, n., adj., v., upcast, upcasting.
n.
1. an act of casting upward.
2. the state of being cast upward.
3. something that is cast or thrown up, as soil or earth in digging.
4. a shaft or passage up which air passes, as from a mine (opposed to downcast).
adj.
5. cast up; directed or thrown upward: The child looked at her father with upcast eyes.
v.t.
6. to cast up or upward.
[1300-50; ME upcasten (v.). See UP-, CAST]

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