castingn.
/ˈkɑːstɪŋ//ˈkastɪŋ/ The action of cast v. in various senses.
1.
a. Throwing, throwing up; ejection, vomiting; calculation; swarming (of bees); arranging, etc. esp. the action or process of founding (metal or glass).
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > founding or casting
yotinga1382
castinga1398
yote1474
found1540
foundry1601
casta1616
foundinga1657
font1754
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > vomiting
spewinga1000
vominga1382
brakinga1398
castinga1398
outcastinga1398
vomitc1405
perbreakinga1425
parbreaking1440
vomishmenta1450
upcastingc1450
upbreaking1493
vomiting1495
abortment1577
heaving1601
puke1612
puking1629
egestion1633
evomition1653
vomition1656
yarking1874
emesis1875
the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun]
warpinga1150
throwinga1325
casting1557
whirling1579
jaculation1608
tossing1711
the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [noun] > shedding or detaching
casting1626
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > swarm of bees > throwing off a swarm
casting1668
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > reject horse
casting1831
society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > creation in particular form
casting1865
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > form or order of a work > forming or arranging a work
ordinance?a1425
turning1586
collocation1605
ordonnancec1660
casting1865
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. cxxxiii. 1027 Ypocras vsede leek in many medicyns, for he ȝaf oonliche þe iuys þerof to drynke aȝeins castyng of blood.
1428–1474–5 in Middle Eng. Dict.
1493 Festivall (1515) 52 He might not receyue ye sacrament for castynge.
1540 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 289 Pamenntt of viij li...for castynge and makyng of ye thyrd bell.
1542 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 11 The castynge of a new peise for the clocke.
1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Rivv Trust not to my castynge.
1614 S. Latham Falconry i. vi. 23 So great casting and long fasting maketh her to die.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §732 To make euery Casting of the Skin a New Birth.
1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cxvi. 167 [Whortle-berries]..do somewhat bind the belly, and stay castings and loathings.
1668 G. Markham Way to Wealth 77 In the time of casting [of bees].
1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) i The casting of a deer's head.
1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod ii. ii. 68 Casting of the bar is..one part of an hero's education.
1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 172 A scheme to teach the casting of nativities.
1831 W. Youatt Horse xviii. 321 We are no friends to the casting of horses if it can possibly be prevented.
1832 G. R. Porter Treat. Manuf. Porcelain & Glass ii. i. 139 The first English establishment of magnitude for the casting of plate glass was undertaken in 1773.
1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. i. 31 A new casting of that story.
1962 Gloss. Terms Glass Ind. (B.S.I.) 21 Casting, a process of shaping glass by pouring it into a mould or on to a table or passing it between rollers.
b. with adverbs.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > ejection
casting1340
out-throw1532
prolation1577
ejecting1602
ejection1604
ejaculation1625
evomition1653
the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > summing or addition
addition?c1425
conference1610
casting1743
tot1755
summation1781
totting1823
totalization1888
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > of skin, bark, husk, etc.
pilling?c1225
decortication1623
casting1846
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 15 Þe zixte kestinge out of the ilke boȝe is wyþstondinge.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Heb. ii. 16 Casting up of yuel fame vpon thi glorie.
1549 H. Latimer Serm. (Arb.) v. 157 A casting away of God.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Delaissement, a forsaking, a casting off.
1743 R. Blair Grave 29 Nor anxious Castings up of what might be.
1769 Wilkes' Corr. (1805) I. 265 The casting up of the books..by the sheriffs.
1846 R. C. Trench Christ Desire of All Nations v. 94 A casting off of its old and wrinkled skin.
1871 C. Walford Insurance Cycl. I. 460 Casting away of ships—an offence of very frequent occurrence.
c. Theatre and Cinematography. The assigning of parts to suitable actors and actresses.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > [noun] > (types of) casting
cast1631
casting1814
miscasting1926
type-casting1927
stunt casting1949
typing1960
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. xiii. 253 From the first casting of the parts, to the epilogue, it was all bewitching. View more context for this quotation
1926 Contemp. Rev. June 757 The initial failure of Ivanov in a private theatre..was accidental and due mainly to wrong casting.
1952 T. S. Eliot & G. Hoellering Film of Murder in Cathedral 8 In the theatre, the first problem to present itself is likely to be that of casting.
d. In ploughing, the method and operation of turning all the furrow-slices of a ridge in one direction, and those of the adjoining ridge in the opposite direction.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > furrow > methods of turning furrow
henting?a1605
veering1733
ribbling1770
casting1825
cut-and-cover1839
back-striking1844
gathering1846
1825 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. ii. v. 471 The form of the old ridges, and the situation of the inter-furrows, are preserved by what is called casting, that is, the furrows of each ridge are all laid in one direction, while those of the next adjoining ridges are turned the contrary way.
1837 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. 46 It is sometimes desirable to throw two ridges into one... This operation is called casting.
1855 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. II. 646/1 The mysteries of ‘gathering up’, ‘rown and furrow’ ploughing, ‘casting’, ‘yoking or coupling’ ridges [etc.].
e. casting of drapery, the proper disposition of the folds of garments, in painting and sculpture. (Cf. cast v. 27a, 47b and F. jet d'une draperie.)
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1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Casting of Draperies.
1900–10 R. Sturgis Appreciation of Sculpt. 25 Note, in the draped female statues, the casting of the drapery.
f. In sail-making, the calculated dimensions and shape of each cloth in a sail.
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1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 154/2 There is got out what is technically termed a ‘casting’, which simply means the shape, length, &c., of each individual cloth in the sail.
2. In intransitive senses of the verb. Also with adverb.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > action or fact of putting or being out of shape > distortion > twisting and bending
warpingc1440
casting1823
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun]
seeking1303
out-seekinga1382
searchinga1382
search1426
laita1500
searching out1531
hunting-down1542
fishing1548
research1577
upseeking1594
riping1815
questing1848
casting1856
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xl. 120 If they cannot make it out at the firste casting aboute.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. ii. 7 All Reasoning is search, and casting about.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. 247 Casting, the motion of falling off, so as to bring the direction of the wind on either side of the ship.
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 221 Casting or Warping, the bending of the surfaces of a piece of wood.
1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters III. 71 The casting about for sources of interest in senseless fiction.
3. concrete.
a. Any product of casting in a mould; an object in cast metal.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > bricklaying and plastering > plastering > plastered work
pargetc1400
plastering1538
casting1565
plasterwork1600
parge1649
parge-work1649
plastery1723
dashing1812
flatting1829
lime-cast1861
society > occupation and work > work > product of work > [noun] > formed in a mould or press
plasmature1610
casting1788
pressing1912
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [noun] > cast metal
casting1788
foundry1890
pressure die-casting1919
pressure casting1922
sand casting1939
society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > founding or casting > product of
iron foundry1686
casting1884
foundry1890
1565–78 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Crusta Covered with..the playster of a wall or rough casting.
1788 J. Fitch Orig. Steam-boat Supported 10 His application..for castings for a steam-engine.
1817 S. R. Brown Western Gazetteer 112 They [sc. manufactures] consist of..castings, nails.
1831 J. M. Peck Guide for Emigrants iii. 310 An iron foundry for castings, the only one in the State.
1841 C. Cist Cincinnati in 1841 131 Among the manufactures..were castings in brass and iron.
1851 Crystal Palace & Great Exhib. xi. 156 In the castings, for which Germany is deservedly famous, there is much to admire.
1869 Eng. Mech. 3 Dec. 274/2 The best castings are seldom or never made in an open mould.
1884 Law Times Rep. 51 536/2 Means by which the owners of the foundry can remove their castings.
b. The convoluted earth cast up by worms.
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1881 C. Darwin Form. Veg. Mould 9 Earth-worms abound..Their castings may be seen in extraordinary numbers on commons.
c. Vomit; esp. the excrementitious substances cast up by hawks and the like; also in Falconry, ‘anything given to a hawk to cleanse and purge her gorge, whether it be flannel, thrummes, feathers, or such like’ (Latham Falconry 1615).
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the world > animals > birds > bird of prey > [noun] > cast
casting1388
pellet1802
quid1834
cast1864
the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [noun] > hawking procedures
casting1388
to come to reclaima1398
rebukingc1400
plumage?a1450
enseamingc1575
imping1575
mewing1575
weathering1575
manning1580
lure1614
carry1618
coping1855
seeling1859
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > substance or secretion and excretion > [noun] > vomit
casting1388
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 2 Pet. ii. 22 The hound turnede aȝen to his castyng.
c1430 Bk. Hawkyng in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 297 An hawke that hath casting, and may not cast.
1486 Bk. St. Albans A iij b Looke that hir castyng be plumage.
1558 Bp. T. Watson Holsome Doctr. Seuen Sacramentes x. f. lviiiv A dogge turneth back to eate agayne his castynge.
a1625 J. Fletcher Loyal Subj. iii. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eee3 v/2 The onely casting for a crazie conscience.
1657 W. Rumsey Organon Salutis (1659) iv. 24 All manner of Hawks cast their castings every morning.
1704 Dict. Rusticum at Gerfaulcon Since they are crafty Birds..instead of cotton, give 'em a Casting of Tow.
1874 J. G. Wood Out of Doors 282 In the ‘castings’ of this species have been found the remains of mice.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
casting-dart n.
casting-house n.
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1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 June 3/2 Morice's bronze statue of the Republic..was transported last night..from the casting-house.
casting-line n.
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1872 Echo 30 Sept. Busy..renovating casting lines, assorting hooks.
casting-net n.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > casting-net
sling-net1589
cast-net1647
casting-neta1680
amphibole1854
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 52 Threw Casting-nets, with equal Cunning at her [the moon] To catch her with, and pull her out o' th' Water.
1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 310 A clear stream called the Ram Gunga, in which we caught a quantity of fish with a casting-net.
casting-shovel n.
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1807 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. (new ed.) II. 299 To have the grain cleaned by means of the casting-shovel.
casting-time n.
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1668 G. Markham Way to Wealth 77 Too little hives procure bees, in casting time..to cast before they be ripe.
C2. † casting-counters n. Obsolete plural counters used in calculation or reckoning.† casting-glass n. Obsolete = casting-bottle n.† casting-sheet n. Obsolete (see quot.).† casting-top n. Obsolete a peg-top.
casting-bottle n. a bottle for sprinkling perfumed waters; a vinaigrette.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > perfume making > [noun] > container
musk ball1423
puff1436
casting-glass1544
perfuming pan1558
perfumer1591
pouncet-box1598
perfumier1601
sweet-bag1615
casting-bottle1638
perfuming pota1650
musk bag1687
smelling-bottle1722
scent-bottle1765
scent box1777
vinaigrette1811
scent jar1813
scent bag1816
scent ball1832
pouncet1843
scent casket1845
pot-pourri jar1848
cassolette1851
scent sachet1856
scent spray1858
lavender drawer1863
lavender bag1865
odorator1890
pot-pourri bowl1904
lavender sachet1938
c1530 in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) II. 342 A Cheyne and Howke for twoo casting Bottellis.
1638 J. Ford Fancies i. 6 Enter Secco with a Casting bottle, sprinckling his Hatte and Face.
1883 J. Payne 1001 Nights VI. 211 A casting-bottle full of rose water.
casting-box n. †(a) a dice-box (obsolete); (b) a box used in taking a cast for stereotyping.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > dice-box
dice-box1552
dicing-box1571
box1592
casting-box1616
rattlea1732
tat-box1819
society > communication > printing > type founding > type-founding equipment > [noun] > casting-box
casting-box1880
1616 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. 311 Cogging forth a die Out of the small-neck'd casting-box.
1880 Printing Times Mar. 61/1 The matrix must be allowed to dry without the application of heat, or the blocks will split. The casting-box, slightly heated, is generally used in such cases.
casting couch n. colloquial (originally U.S.) see quots.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > casting-couch
casting couch1948
1948 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. xi. ii. 704 Terms emanating from Hollywood wits..casting-couch for the divan in a casting-director's office.
1963 Sunday Express 27 Jan. 22/6 In the old days..the only way anyone got anywhere in this business was by way of the casting couch.
1966 C. Fenn Pyramid of Night ix. 183 Get a load of that casting couch. What girl wouldn't want to be laid on velvet?
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical instruments > [noun] > arithmetical instrument > counter or token
counterc1310
algorism stonec1405
casting-countersc1547
sheep-counter1647
jetton1687
abbey piece1759
c1547 Vox Populi iv, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 404 With castinge cownteres and ther pen Thes are the vpstart gentylmen.
1612 T. James Treat. Corruption Script. (new ed.) iv. 1 Vsing them, as Merchants doe their casting counters, sometimes they stand for pounds, sometimes for shillings, sometimes for pence.
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 199 They would not bring him in amongst the Kings Casting-Counters.
casting director n. one responsible for casting (sense 1c).
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > people concerned with theatrical productions > [noun] > director or producer > casting director
casting director1924
1924 G. S. Dougherty Criminal as Human Being ii. 48 You have all heard of the casting director who selects actors of suitable type for the movies.
1950 T. S. Eliot Cocktail Party iii. 150 We've got the casting director: He's looking for some typical English faces.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > perfume making > [noun] > container
musk ball1423
puff1436
casting-glass1544
perfuming pan1558
perfumer1591
pouncet-box1598
perfumier1601
sweet-bag1615
casting-bottle1638
perfuming pota1650
musk bag1687
smelling-bottle1722
scent-bottle1765
scent box1777
vinaigrette1811
scent jar1813
scent bag1816
scent ball1832
pouncet1843
scent casket1845
pot-pourri jar1848
cassolette1851
scent sachet1856
scent spray1858
lavender drawer1863
lavender bag1865
odorator1890
pot-pourri bowl1904
lavender sachet1938
1544 Privy Purse Exp. Princess Mary (1830) 144 Item my lady Buttler a Casting-glasse and a Smoke.
1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iv. iii. sig. Mii His Ciuet and his casting glasse, Haue helpt him to a place amongst the rest. View more context for this quotation
casting-ladle n. an iron ladle used for conveying the molten metal into the mould in casting.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > casting equipment > other casting equipment
strickle1688
striker1700
profile1751
striker1843
grunter1858
casting-ladle1861
casting-pressa1877
casting-machine1899
1861 W. Fairbairn Iron 157 No sooner is the mixture of the metals effected than the casting-ladle is brought under the mouth of the vessel.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 345/1 The casting ladle into which the contents of the converters are emptied.
casting-machine n. (a) in a blast furnace a machine used in casting metal; (b) a machine for founding type.
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society > communication > printing > type founding > type-founding equipment > [noun] > type-founding machine
casting-machine1899
caster1902
society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > casting equipment > other casting equipment
strickle1688
striker1700
profile1751
striker1843
grunter1858
casting-ladle1861
casting-pressa1877
casting-machine1899
1899 Chambers's Jrnl. 25 Nov. 829/2 Pig-iron casting-machines.
1902 Census Bulletin 216 28 June 58 (Cent. Dict. Suppl.) The monotype..consists of two machines—a perforating device operated by a keyboard, and a casting-machine.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §524 Monotype caster attendant..operates and adjusts casting machine.
casting-pit n. that part of a foundry where the moulds are placed and the castings made.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > for founding > part of
sink1541
pattern shop1847
pattern room1856
casting-shop1871
casting-pit1884
1884 W. H. Greenwood Steel & Iron xxi. 469 In the centre of the [Bessemer] casting-pit is fixed a hydraulic crane.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §279 Moulder, casting pit..shapes moulds in sand, in casting pit.
casting-plate n. = casting-table n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > glass-making equipment > [noun] > shaping equipment
ferret1662
punty1662
puntilion1665
pucellas1701
casting-table1728
marble1745
pinching tongs1765
borsella1823
punt1823
marver1832
pontil1832
punto1839
working tube1841
bullion-bar1852
blowing-iron1855
bullion-rod1862
blowpipec1865
pointel1865
gadget1868
casting-slaba1877
casting-plate1881
glass-cutter1881
sand core1894
polissoir1897
pontil rod1934
blowing-machine1940
blowing-pipe-
blowing-tube-
1881 Spons' Encycl. Industr. Arts III. 1061 The impressions are given by projections on the casting-plate, which acts as a mould.
casting-pot n. (a) a box in which a stereotype plate is cast; (b) a crucible.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > vessels
crossletc1386
testc1386
cruciblea1475
spoon1496
melting pot1545
cruset1558
fining pot1560
hooker1594
cupel1605
crusoile1613
crisol1622
melt pot1637
muffle1644
crevet1658
coffin1686
sand-pot1758
Hessian crucible1807
pan1839
shank1843
casting-pot1846
king pot1862
converter1867
washpot1879
1846 G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. 6th Ser. 60 The casting-pot, with the mould,..is gradually forced down into the molten mass.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 75/1 Casting-pot, a pot adapted for melting metals. Casting-pot and Crucible maker, a special trade in the iron districts.
1881 Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 88 Casting Pot Maker.
casting-press n. an apparatus for subjecting metal to pressure during the process of casting.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > casting equipment > other casting equipment
strickle1688
striker1700
profile1751
striker1843
grunter1858
casting-ladle1861
casting-pressa1877
casting-machine1899
a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. Casting-press, one in which metal is cast under pressure, as in the car-wheel press.
casting-reel n. the reel of a casting-line.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > reel > [noun] > types of
click reel1824
salmon reel1841
multiplier1847
salmon winch1883
casting-reel1892
check-reel1892
Nottingham1898
1892 R. Niven Brit. Angler's Lex. 192 The ‘Malloch’ casting reel is used for spinning only.
casting sand n. black moulding sand that has been used for castings.
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1849 N. Kingsley Diary (1914) 30 Our sugar is black enough for casting sand.
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1644 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 186 I doe give with my owne hands vnto Alice my wife, my castinge sheet.
casting-shop n. the place where the operation of casting metal, etc., is carried out.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > for founding > part of
sink1541
pattern shop1847
pattern room1856
casting-shop1871
casting-pit1884
1871 Daily News 2 Jan. 3/5 He was carrying some lead from one part of the yard to the casting shop.
casting-slab n. a table of polished metal with raised edges which serves as a mould for plate-glass.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > glass-making equipment > [noun] > shaping equipment
ferret1662
punty1662
puntilion1665
pucellas1701
casting-table1728
marble1745
pinching tongs1765
borsella1823
punt1823
marver1832
pontil1832
punto1839
working tube1841
bullion-bar1852
blowing-iron1855
bullion-rod1862
blowpipec1865
pointel1865
gadget1868
casting-slaba1877
casting-plate1881
glass-cutter1881
sand core1894
polissoir1897
pontil rod1934
blowing-machine1940
blowing-pipe-
blowing-tube-
a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. Casting-slab.
casting-table n. = casting-slab n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > glass-making equipment > [noun] > shaping equipment
ferret1662
punty1662
puntilion1665
pucellas1701
casting-table1728
marble1745
pinching tongs1765
borsella1823
punt1823
marver1832
pontil1832
punto1839
working tube1841
bullion-bar1852
blowing-iron1855
bullion-rod1862
blowpipec1865
pointel1865
gadget1868
casting-slaba1877
casting-plate1881
glass-cutter1881
sand core1894
polissoir1897
pontil rod1934
blowing-machine1940
blowing-pipe-
blowing-tube-
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Glass When the first Annealing Furnace is full, the Casting-table is to be carried to another.
1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 256/1 The cuvette is withdrawn from the furnace and taken to the casting-table.
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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > top > [noun] > peg-top
casting-top1657
peerya1722
pegtop1747
peg1766
boxer1840
pegging-top1899
1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden 169 The fruit is in forme like a casting-Top.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
castingadj.
/ˈkɑːstɪŋ//ˈkastɪŋ/ 1. That casts, in various senses of the verb.
a. Of a bow, etc.: Throwing, shooting (see also quot. 1483).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [adjective]
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a1300 Cursor Mundi 26020 Þis reuth es like a castand gin.
1483 Cath. Angl. 55 Castynge as a bowe, flexibilis.
1485 W. Caxton Higden's Polychron. v. xiv. (1527) 201 A wonder fell man and ferre casting.
1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 3 Except they be..vnbent like a good casting bowe.
1565–78 T. Cooper Thesaurus Acer arcus, a strong or quicke casting bowe.
b. Of bees: Swarming.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [adjective] > belonging to division Petiolata > belonging to division Anthophila > of or belonging to bees > throwing off a swarm
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1627 M. Drayton Battaile Agincourt 28 Like casting Bees that they arise in swarmes.
2. That turns the scale, deciding, decisive (see cast v. 55), as in casting voice, casting vote, casting weight.
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society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > decisive influence
casting vote1622
casting weight1734
society > authority > power > influence > [adjective] > of decisive influence
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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [adjective] > specific types of vote
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pollable1868
prerogative1885
1622 in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 101 There can be in a Court but one casting voyce or ball.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 231 Which..containe within themselves the casting act, and a power to command the conclusion. View more context for this quotation
1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. iv. 36 Even the Herbs of the Field give a casting vote against Atheism.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 17. ⁋3 The President to have the casting Voice.
1727 A. Pope et al. Peri Bathous 89 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. If it should happen that three and three should be of each Side, the President shall have a casting Voice.
1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 177 That Casting-weight Pride adds to Emptiness.
1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 245 Though common sense allowed a casting voice, And free from bias, must approve the choice.
1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. vi. 160 The alliance of England was a casting weight in the government of the world.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 783 The question was decided by the casting vote of the Chancellor.
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