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noun

Upcast n.

(Bowling) A cast; a throw.

(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.

An upset, as from a carriage. (Scot.)

A taunt; a reproach. (Scot.)

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Etymology of 'Upcast'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Upcast" Quotes from Famous Books

... by a single shaft divided by a strong wooden partition into two, one of these known as the downcast shaft, that is, the shaft through which the air descends into the mine, the other the upcast, through which the current, having made its way through all the windings and turnings of the roadways below, again ascends to the surface. This system of working by a single shaft, however, is very dangerous, as, in the event of an explosion, both ...

— Facing Death - The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines • G. A. Henty

... bit. You feel yourself strangely diminishing in those sweet mirrors, till at last they drop on you complacently level. But, oh beware, vain man, of ever waxing enamoured of that wonderful elongation of a male creature you saw reflected in her adoring upcast orbs! Beware of assisting to delude her! A woman who is not quite a fool will forgive your being but a man, if you are surely that: she will haply learn to acknowledge that no mortal tailor could have fitted that figure she made of you respectably, and that practically ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

Words linked to "Upcast" : air passage, airway