of cast-to send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.-to direct or turn, as the eyes.-to drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.-to throw down, as in wrestling.-to throw up, as a mound, or rampart.-to throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.-to bring forth prematurely; to slink.-to throw out or emit; to exhale.-to cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.-to impose; to bestow; to rest.-to dismiss; to discard; to cashier.-to compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope.-to contrive; to plan.-to defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.-to turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.-to form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets.-to stereotype or electrotype.-to fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.-to throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.-to turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.-to consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.-to calculate; to compute.-to receive form or shape in a mold.-to warp; to become twisted out of shape.-to vomit.-3d pres. of cast, for casteth.-the act of casting or throwing; a throw.-the thing thrown.-the distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.-a throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.-that which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.-the act of casting in a mold.-an impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.-that which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.-form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.-a tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.-a chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.-the assignment of parts in a play to the actors.-a flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.-a stoke, touch, or trick.-a motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.-a tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.-four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.-contrivance; plot, design.