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Upcast   Listen
verb
Upcast  v. t.  
1.
To cast or throw up; to turn upward. (Obs.)
2.
To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. (Scot.)





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"Upcast" Quotes from Famous Books



... for the world, and a disgrace to them; for of course, they were done off with the best of everything—rale gentlemen, as becomed their father's sons. They said to themselves they'd be long sorry to let that picthur with them—for he was a picthur, and no doubt of it—to be an upcast to them wherever they'd go. So before they started on again next mornin' they tied Jack to a millstone, and left him there. That night again, when they went to stop from their travellin', what would you have of it but there was me brave Jack once more, not ...
— Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know • Various
... his glass, remarked that there was not the slightest doubt of his being present, winked at me appreciatingly over the edge of the tumbler, rubbed his paunch slowly with one hand, and with eyes upcast took ...
— Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman • F. Hopkinson Smith


Words linked to "Upcast" :   air passage, airway


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