2. (Naut.)
Defn: To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting
under weigh.
Weigh anchor, cast to starboard. Totten.
3. To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast
about for reasons.
She . . . cast in her mind what manner of salution this should be.
Luke. i. 29.
4. To calculate; to compute. [R.] Who would cast and balance at a desk. Tennyson.
5. To receive form or shape in a mold. It will not run thin, so as to cast and mold. Woodward.
6. To warp; to become twisted out of shape. Stuff is said to cast or warp when . . . it alters its flatness or straightness. Moxon.
7. To vomit. These verses . . . make me ready to cast. B. Jonson.
CAST
Cast,
Defn: 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CAST
Cast, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel., Dan., & Sw. kast.]