upcast

Noun

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Noun (1)

  1. air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mineType of air passage, air duct
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Up′cast′ adjective

Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. Joseph Addison

Up′cast′ noun

1. Bowling A cast; a throw. William Shakespeare

2. Mining. The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine; — distinguished from the downcast. Called also upcast pit, and upcast shaft.

3. An upset, as from a carriage. Scottish

4. A taunt; a reproach. Scottish Sir Walter Scott

Up·cast′ transitive verb

1. To cast or throw up; to turn upward. obsolete Geoffrey Chaucer

2. To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. Scottish

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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