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单词 measuring cast
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measuring castn.

Brit. /ˈmɛʒ(ə)rɪŋ ˈkɑːst/, /ˈmɛʒ(ə)rɪŋ ˈkast/, U.S. /ˈmɛʒ(ə)rɪŋ ˈkæst/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: measuring n., cast n.
Etymology: < measuring n. + cast n. (see sense 2, which is likely to have been the earlier sense).The literal meaning at sense 2 is likely to be the original use in English.
Now rare.
1. A question, issue, etc., which is hard to decide or judge; a doubtful matter. Also: something which is hard to distinguish from something else; a narrow margin.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun] > subtle point
subtletya1425
subtilityc1485
jimp?a1500
nicety1589
nicery1605
fineness1622
pointille1626
measuring cast1631
criticisma1640
exility1642
subtilty1681
quoddity1682
nuance1781
distinguo1895
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [noun] > something uncertain
uncertaintya1387
ambiguity1445
moot point1563
measuring cast1631
inconcludency1654
disputablea1657
undefinable1809
tertium quid1826
open question1837
question mark1870
inconclusion1886
disputability1892
borderliner1953
undecidable1965
1631 E. Pellham Gods Power sig. A2v 'Twas a measuring cast which should be eaten first.
1632 Earl of Strafford in R. Browning Life (1892) 301 As if it weare a measuring cast, betwixt them, whoe weare like to proue the greater loosers vpon the parting.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Suff. 55 It is a measuring cast, whether this Proverb pertaineth to Essex or this County.
1694 J. Crowne Married Beau v. 59 I'm mad to find A Strumpet and my Wife a measuring cast.
1820 N. Amer. Rev. July 165 There may be some few cases, in which jurists might venture to hesitate, as to the extent of the Chancellor's decision; at least where there might be a measuring cast in mooting the law.
1869 M. H. Smith Sunshine & Shadow in N.Y. xxix. 268 When put in nomination, it was a measuring cast between the mayor's office and a convict's cell.
1898 Sir W. Harcourt in Times 18 Jan. 10/3 That majority you have succeeded in reducing to a measuring cast.
2. literal. In the former sport of throwing the bar: a throw of a distance so nearly equal to another that measurement is required to determine the better throw. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > throwing weight, shot, or ball > almost equal throw
measuring cast1645
1645 E. Waller On Fletcher's Plays in Poems 179 When lusty shepheards throwe The barre by turnes, and none the rest out goe So farre but that the best are measuring casts.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 538. ¶5 Yet I thought some in the Company had been endeavouring who should pitch the Bar furthest; that it had for some time been a measuring Cast, and at last my Friend..had thrown beyond them all.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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measuring cast
measuring cast n. a competitive throw at a mark in which the results are so close as to require measurement.extracted from castn.
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