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▪ I. unˈcast, ppl. a.
Also Sc. 5 vncastyne, 6 -castin.
[un-1 8. Cf. Sw. okastad.]
1. Not cast or thrown.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints vii. (James) 246 Þat stane one stane in-to þat towne suld nocht be lefit vncastyne done. 1533Bellenden Livy ii. xx. (S.T.S.) I. 209 Þe dartis war left vncastin on athir side. a1547Surrey æneid ii. (1557) C j, But sone an other sort stept in theyr stede, No stone vnthrown, nor yet no dart vncast. 1662R. Venables Exper. Angler x. 100 The flie were better uncast, because it frights the fish.
2. Not founded or moulded by casting.
1617Bk. Rates Marchandise N j b, Leade..vncast the Fodder..xx.l...cast, the Fodder..xx.l.
3. Not reckoned (up) or calculated.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. Ded. Sonn. ii, Our small Art's-stock..is even beggerd with th' uncast Expense. 1745De Foe's Eng. Tradesm. xxxii. (1841) II. 58 Other accounts are left open and uncast up.
4. Not disfigured by a squint.
1629Gaule Holy Madn. 328 He sees well, and his eyes were uncast.
▪ II. unˈcast, v.
(un-2 3.)
1874Ld. Coleridge in Life (1904) II. 244 The die is cast: it cannot be uncast now. |