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单词 to cast off
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to cast off
to cast off
1. transitive. See simple senses and off adv.
2. To throw off (clothes or anything worn).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > take off clothing
to do offeOE
to lay downc1275
to weve offc1290
stripc1320
doffa1375
loose1382
ofdrawa1393
casta1400
to take offa1400
warpa1400
to cast offc1400
to catch offc1400
waivec1400
voidc1407
to put off?a1425
to wap offc1440
to lay from, offc1480
despoil1483
to pull offc1500
slip1535
devest1566
to shift off1567
daff1609
discuss1640
to lay off1699
strip1762
douse1780
shuffle1837
derobe1841
shed1858
skin1861
peel1888
pull1888
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. v. 41 A woman myghte wel passe there, withouten castynge of of hire Clothes.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12661 Palomydon..cast of his clothis cantly & wele.
1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 274 Them hee casteth off as the fellow..did his spectacles.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World vii. 165 In a weeks time the Tree casts off her old Robes.
3. figurative. To throw off as clothes, a yoke, etc.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)]
to let awaya1000
forcast?c1225
to lay downc1275
forthrow1340
flita1375
removea1382
to cast away1382
understrewc1384
castc1390
to lay awaya1400
to lay asidec1440
slingc1440
warpiss1444
to lay from, offc1480
way-put1496
depose1526
to lay apart1526
to put off1526
to set apart1530
to turn up1541
abandonate?1561
devest1566
dispatch1569
decarta1572
discard1578
to make away1580
to fling away1587
to cast off1597
doff1599
cashier1603
to set by1603
moult1604
excuss1607
retorta1616
divest1639
deposit1646
disentail1667
dismiss1675
slough1845
shed1856
jettison1869
shake1872
offload1900
junk1911
dump1919
sluff1934
bin1940
to put down1944
shitcan1973
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxviii. 185 The Christian Religion they had not vtterly cast off.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 786 To cast off this Yoke. View more context for this quotation
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. iii. 19 But 'tis not to be imagin'd, That a whole Society of Men, should, publickly and professedly, disown, and cast off a Rule, which they could not, in their own Minds, but be infallibly certain, was a Law.
1751 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) V. i. 11 Casting of the belief of the true God.
a1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. i. iv. 179 National habits and opinions cannot be cast off at will without miracle.
4. figurative. To put from one, discard, abandon, disown.
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1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xvi. 45 Thy mother..that hath cast of hir houszbonde and hir children.
1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lxxi. 9 Cast me not off in the time of old age. View more context for this quotation
1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar v. i. 70 To cast off my Father when I am great.
1713 J. Addison Cato iii. vii When I have gone thus far, I'd cast her off.
1850 H. Martineau Hist. Eng. during 30 Years' Peace II. v. xvii. 455 [The Prince] did make the other [Brummell] the fashion, and then cast him off.
1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) i. viii. 72 To be cast off by God may be to perish.
5. Hawking and Hunting. To throw off (the couplings of hounds); to slip (dogs); to let fly (hawks).
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > hunt with hounds [verb (transitive)] > release hounds
uncouplec1330
to let slip1530
to cast off1602
decouple1602
unslip1611
slipa1616
unleash1671
to throw off1686
the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [verb (transitive)] > release
to cast off1602
slipa1616
1602 2nd Pt. Returne from Pernassus (Arb.) ii. v. 32 Another company of houndes..had their couples cast off.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ajetter un oiseau, to cast, or whistle, off a hawke; to..let her flie.
1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation i. 12 You may then cast off your young Hounds.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 106 Just as a Huntsman casts off his Hounds.
1774 O. Goldsmith Retaliation 107 He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack; For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back.
1826 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (1828) 26 When a magpie is seen at a distance, a hawk is immediately to be cast off.
6. To throw off, as vapour, or the like; to run off melted metal. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > as a vapour
reekOE
transpire1598
evapour1615
evaporatea1626
exhalea1628
to cast off1674
perspire1680
pant1735
society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > heat > melt > run off melted metal
to cast off1674
1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 115 The Lead..is cast off by the blowing of the bellows.
1693 J. Ray Three Physico-theol. Disc. (ed. 2) ii. ii. 81 The Ocean doth evaporate, and cast off to the dry Land.
1704 Dict. Rusticum at Lapis Calaminaris They cast not off above twice in 24 hours.
7. Nautical. To loosen and throw off (a rope, sail, etc.), to let go, let loose; to loosen (a vessel) from a mooring. Also intransitive for reflexive.
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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > loosen and throw off
to cast off1669
society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor [verb (intransitive)] > slip anchor or mooring > cast off mooring
unmoor1611
to cast off1779
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 17 It is like to over-blow..cast off the Top-sail Sheets.
1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 146 On the 2d there being little Wind and variable, we cast off the Gloucester, and the next Day took her again in Tow.
1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 252 Cast off, and rowed down the river.
1805 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. IV. 29 One of the crew..jumped on shore and cast off the stern-fast of the boat.
1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 30 La Minerve..cast off the prize.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xvi. 124 We cast off again about 7 a.m.
1855 W. H. Russell War 47 The gaskets cast off the fore topsail.
8. Dance.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > take part in country-dance or dancing [verb (intransitive)] > begin country-dance
to cast off1762
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 115 She..makes one in a country-dance, with only one of the chairs for a partner, casts off round a joint-stool, and sets to a corner cupboard.
9. Knitting. To take the work off the wires, closing the loops and forming a selvedge. Cf. 58.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [verb (transitive)] > knit > processes involved in
purla1825
rib1837
to cast on1840
increase1840
slip1840
turn1846
toe1856
to knock over1875
to cast off1880
land1885
rep1951
raschel1970
1880 Plain knitting, &c. 11 To cast off which is done by knitting two loops and pulling the first made loop over the last.
1887 Fancy Work-basket No. 4. 62 Cast off 5 stitches in the usual way.
10. Printing. To estimate how much printed matter will correspond to (a piece of MS. copy). Also absol. (Cf. cast-off n.1 2.)
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society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > [verb (transitive)] > estimate amount
to cast off1683
1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 250 Casting off Copy..is to examine..how much..of Printed Copy will Come-in into any intended number of Sheets..; or how much Written Copy will make an intended number of Sheets..: Therefore if I shew you how the Compositer Casts off Written Copy, I do at the same time inform you how to Count off Printed Copy.
1784 B. Franklin in Ann. Reg. (1817) Chron. 389 The compositors in your chapel do not cast off their copy well.
1808 C. Stower Printer's Gram. 135 To cast off manuscript with accuracy and precision, is an essential object.
1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. 89 To cast off manuscript..is a task of a disagreeable nature.
1892 A. Oldfield Pract. Man. Typogr. xii. 97 Sometimes copy is so badly arranged that it is almost impossible to cast-off accurately... In casting-up allowance must be made for chapter-heads, &c.
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