n. A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ Gr. &unr_; a willowlike tree, used at a religious festival; confused with &unr_; holy, chaste. ] (Bot.) A species of Vitex (Vitex agnus castus); the chaste tree. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]

And wreaths of agnus castus others bore. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Back, adv. + cast. ] Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Agric.) A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. an act of broadcasting; specifically, a program in which sounds or images are transmitted in all directions from a radio or television station; -- usually referring to a scheduled program on a commercial or public service radio or television station, using the normal radio frequencies for those media, in contrast to a radiotelephone conversation, which may also be transmitted in all directions, but is intended for receipt by a base station in the telephone network. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 1. to cast or disperse in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; to diffuse widely. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to transmit (sounds, images, or other signals) in all directions from a radio or television station. [ PJC ]

3. to disseminate (information, a speech, an advertisement, etc.) from a radio or television station. [ PJC ]

4. to spread (information, news, gossip) widely by any means. [ PJC ]

n. 1. someone who broadcasts on radio or television. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a mechanical device for scattering something (seed, fertilizer, sand, salt, etc.) in all directions.
Syn. -- spreader. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the medium that disseminates via telecommunications; radio and television.
Syn. -- broadcast media. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. taking part in a radio or tv program. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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 ]

v. i. 1. To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

Weigh anchor, cast to starboard. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

She . . . cast in her mind what manner of salution this should be. Luke. i. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To calculate; to compute. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Who would cast and balance at a desk. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To receive form or shape in a mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

It will not run thin, so as to cast and mold. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To warp; to become twisted out of shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stuff is said to cast or warp when . . . it alters its flatness or straightness. Moxon. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To vomit. [ 1913 Webster ]

These verses . . . make me ready to cast. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3d pers. pres. of Cast, for Casteth. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Icel., Dan., & Sw. kast. ] 1. The act of casting or throwing; a throw. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The thing thrown. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cast of dreadful dust. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown. “About a stone's cast.” Luke xxii. 41. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture. [ 1913 Webster ]

An even cast whether the army should march this way or that way. Sowth. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have set my life upon a cast,
And I will stand the hazard of the die. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The act of casting in a mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

And why such daily cast of brazen cannon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance. “A neat cast of verse.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

An heroic poem, but in another cast and figure. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gray with a cast of green. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift. [ Scotch ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We bargained with the driver to give us a cast to the next stage. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

If we had the cast o' a cart to bring it. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

12. The assignment of parts in a play to the actors. [ 1913 Webster ]

13. (Falconary) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand. Grabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

As when a cast of falcons make their flight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

14. A stoke, touch, or trick. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This was a cast of Wood's politics; for his information was wholly false. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

15. A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cast of the eye is a gesture of aversion. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

And let you see with one cast of an eye. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

This freakish, elvish cast came into the child's eye. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

16. A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

17. Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp. [ 1913 Webster ]

18. Contrivance; plot, design. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cast of the eye, a slight squint or strabismus. --
Renal cast (Med.), microscopic bodies found in the urine of persons affected with disease of the kidneys; -- so called because they are formed of matter deposited in, and preserving the outline of, the renal tubes. --
The last cast, the last throw of the dice or last effort, on which every thing is ventured; the last chance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Castalius ] Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a chestnut, fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Bot.) A genus of nut-bearing trees or shrubs including the chestnut and chinquapin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Castanets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ F. castagnettes, Sp. castañetas, fr. L. castanea (Sp. castaña) a chestnut. So named from the resemblance to two chestnuts, or because chestnuts were first used for castanets. See Chestnut. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The singular, castanet, is used of one of the pair, or, sometimes, of the pair forming the instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dancer, holding a castanet in each hand, rattles them to the motion of his feet. Moore (Encyc. of Music). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs of warm regions valued for their foliage; found in southeastern U.S. and eastern Australia and northern New Zealand.
Syn. -- genus Castanopsis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a genus consisting of one species, the Moreton Bay chestnut.
Syn. -- genus Castanospermum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest . . . when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1 Cor. ix. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of no value; rejected; useless. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pg. casta race, lineage, fr. L. castus pure, chaste: cf. F. caste, of same origin. ] 1. One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindu are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The members of the same caste are theoretically of equal rank, and same profession or occupation, and may not eat or intermarry with those not of their own caste. The original are four, viz., the Brahmans, or sacerdotal order; the Kshatriyas, or soldiers and rulers; the Vaisyas, or husbandmen and merchants; and the Sudras, or laborers and mechanics. Men of no caste are Pariahs, outcasts. Numerous mixed classes, or castes, have sprung up in the progress of time. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tinkers then formed an hereditary caste. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

To lose caste, to be degraded from the caste to which one has belonged; to lose social position or consideration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. castelain, F. châtelain, L. castellanus pertaining to a castle, an occupant of a caste, LL., a governor of a castle, fr. L. castellum castle, citadel, dim. of castrum fortified place. See Castle, and cf. Chatelaine. ] A governor or warden of a castle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Castellanies [ LL. castellania. ] The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. castellatus, fr. castellare. See Castle. ] 1. Inclosed within a building; as, a fountain or cistern castellated. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle; built in the style of a castle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. castellation, fr. castellare, fr. L. castellum. See Castle. ] The act of making into a castle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc. ; a caster of cannon; a caster of accounts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain condiments at the table; as, a set of casters. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A stand to hold a set of cruets. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported and moved. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Castigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Castigating. ] [ L. castigatus, p. p. of castigare to correct, punish; castus pure, chaste + agere to move, drive. See Caste, and cf. Chasten. ] 1. To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To emend; to correct. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. catigatio. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism. [ 1913 Webster ]

The keenest castigation of her slanderers. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Emendation; correction. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who castigates or corrects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. castigatorius. ] Punitive in order to amendment; corrective. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket. Blacktone. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From Castile, or Castilia, a province in Spain, from which it originally came. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. castellano, from Castila, NL. Castilia, Castella. Castile, which received its name from the castles erected on the frontiers as a barrier against the Moors. ] 1. An inhabitant or native of Castile, in Spain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The Spanish language as spoken in Castile. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Castile, in Spain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The warping of a board. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Casting of draperies, the proper distribution of the folds of garments, in painting and sculpture. --
Casting line (Fishing), the leader; also, sometimes applied to the long reel line. --
Casting net, a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction from a net that is set and left. --
Casting voice,
Casting vote, the decisive vote of a presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house are equally divided. “When there was an equal vote, the governor had the casting voice.” B. Trumbull. --
Casting weight, a weight that turns a balance when exactly poised. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy; unyielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. castel, fr. L. castellum, dim. of castrum a fortified place, castle. ] 1. A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress. [ 1913 Webster ]

The house of every one is to him castle and fortress, as well for his defense againts injury and violence, as for his repose. Coke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our castle's strength
Will laugh a siege to scorn. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Originally the mediæval castle was a single strong tower or keep, with a palisaded inclosure around it and inferior buidings, such as stables and the like, and surrounded by a moat; then such a keep or donjon, with courtyards or baileys and accessory buildings of greater elaboration a great hall and a chapel, all surrounded by defensive walls and a moat, with a drawbridge, etc. Afterwards the name was retained by large dwellings that had formerly been fortresses, or by those which replaced ancient fortresses.

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Castled p. pr. & vb. n. Castling ] (Chess) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fig.: one who builds castles in the air or forms visionary schemes.

-- Cas"tle*build`ing, n. [1913 Webster]

a. Having a castle or castles; supporting a castle; as, a castled height or crag. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fortified; turreted; as, castled walls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The guard or defense of a castle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (O. Eng. Law) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. castelerie. See Castle. ] The government of a castle. Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small castle. Leland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Castleguard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is cast or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chess) A compound move of the king and castle. See Castle, v. i. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cast or laid aside; thrown away; discarded; as, cast-off clothes.
Syn. -- discarded, junked, scrap(prenominal), waste. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. castor the beaver, Gr. &unr_;; of uncertain origin. ] 1. (Zool.) A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See Beaver. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Castoreum. See Castoreum. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have always been known for the jaunty manner in which I wear my castor. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats. [ 1913 Webster ]