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upcast

adj, noun, verb — 12 senses

upcast

adj

/ˈʌpkæst/ · /ˈʌpkɑːst/

Etymology From Middle English upcasten, equivalent to up- + cast.

1

Cast up; thrown upward.

  • Old Saturn too with upcast eyes Beheld his abdicated skiesa. 1720 (date written), Joseph Addison, “To Sir Godfrey Knelle”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:

upcast

noun

Etymology From Middle English upcasten, equivalent to up- + cast.

7 senses
  1. 1A cast; a throw.
  2. 2The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air…
  3. 3A current of air passed along such a shaft.
  4. 4An upset, as from a carriage.
  5. 5A taunt; a reproach.
  6. 6A cast from subtype to supertype.
  7. 7A message transmitted via upcasting.
1

Bowling, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A cast; a throw.

  • When I kissed the jack, upon an upcast to be hit away1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
2

Business, Mining The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine.

3

Business, Mining A current of air passed along such a shaft.

4

Scotland An upset, as from a carriage.

5

Scotland A taunt; a reproach.

  • for what with the upcast and terror that I got a wee while syne, and what wi' the wee bit taste that I behoved to take of the plottie while I was making it, my head is sair eneugh distressed the night already.1823 December 23 (indicated as 1824), [Walter Scott], St Ronan’s Well. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
6

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A cast from subtype to supertype.

7

A message transmitted via upcasting.

Synonyms
upcast pit, upcast shaft
Coordinate terms
downcast

upcast

verb

/ʌpˈkæst/ · /ʌpˈkɑːst/

Etymology From Middle English upcasten, equivalent to up- + cast.

1

Obsolete To cast or throw up; to turn upward.

2

Scotland To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.

3

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To cast from subtype to supertype.

4

To broadcast a message or data to aircraft or satellites, especially via radio waves; as opposed to uplinking to a specific satellite or aircraft

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.