An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

C. B. cast signifies a trick, techna; Su. G. kost, modus agendi.

CAST, s.
1. A district, a tract of country, S.
2. That particular course in which one travels, S.
Ross.

CAST, s. A cast of herrings, haddocks, oysters, &c., four in number, S.

Su. G. kast-a, to cast, to throw. Ett kast sill, quaternio halecum.

To CAST, v. a. To use, to propose, to bring forth. "To cast essonyies," LL. S. to exhibit excuses.

Su. G. kast-a, mittere.

To CAST a clod between persons, to widen the breach between them, S. B.
Ross.

To CAST a stone at one, to renounce all connexion with one, S.

To CAST out, v. n. To quarrel, S.
Ramsay.

To CAST up, v. a. To throw any thing in one's teeth, to upbraid one with a thing, S.
Ross.