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单词 to cast a spell
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to cast a spell
69. to cast a clod between (Scottish); to widen the breach between. †to cast galmoundis (Sc.): to cut capers. to cast a (point of) traverse: (see quots.). †to cast stones against the wind: to labour in vain. Also to cast ambs-ace, to cast anchor, to cast a bone, to cast cantraips, to cast cavel, to cast a damp, to cast damper, to cast an essoin (excuse), to cast lots, to cast a spell; for which see those words.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain
to lose or spill one's whilec1175
to speak to the windc1330
tinec1330
to beat the windc1375
lose?a1513
to boil, roast, or wash a stonea1529
to lose (one's) oil1548
to plough the sand (also sands)a1565
to wash an ass's head (or ears)1581
to wash an Ethiop, a blackamoor (white)1581
to wash a wall of loam, a brick or tilea1600
to milk the bull (also he-goat, ram)1616
to bark against (or at) the moona1641
dead horse1640
to cast stones against the wind1657
dry-ditcha1670
baffle1860
to go, run or rush (a)round in circles1933
1529 D. Lindsay Compl. King 181 Castand galmoundis with bendis and beckis.
1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 43 I grew wearie of casting stones against the wind.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Cast a Point of Traverse, in Navigation, signifies, to prick down on a chart the Point of a Compass any Land bears from you, or to find on what Point the Ship bears at any instant, or what way the Ship has made.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 105 (Jam.) Betweesh them sae by casting of a clod.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. To cast a traverse, to calculate and lay off the courses and distances run over upon a chart.
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