Part 1685

<p><b>8.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>Form; appearence; mien; air; style; <as>as, a pecullar <ex>cast</ex> of countenance</as>.</def> "A neat <i>cast</i> of verse." <i>Pope</i>.

<blockquote>An heroic poem, but in another <b>cast</b> and figure. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale <b>cast</b> of thought. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.</def>

<blockquote>Gray with a <b>cast</b> of green. <i>Woodward.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>11.</b> <def>A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.</def> <mark>[Scotch]</mark>

<blockquote>We bargained with the driver to give us a <b>cast</b> to the next stage. <i>Smollett.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>If we had the <b>cast</b> o' a cart to bring it. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>12.</b> <def>The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.</def>

<p><b>13.</b> <fld>(Falconary)</fld> <def>A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.</def>

<i>Grabb.</i>

<blockquote>As when a <b>cast</b> of falcons make their flight. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>14.</b> <def>A stoke, touch, or trick.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>This was a <b>cast</b> of Wood's politics; for his information was wholly false. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>15.</b> <def>A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>cast</b> of the eye is a gesture of aversion. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And let you see with one <b>cast</b> of an eye. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>This freakish, elvish <b>cast</b> came into the child's eye. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>16.</b> <def>A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.</def>

<p><b>17.</b> <def>Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.</def>

<p><b>18.</b> <def>Contrivance; plot, design.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<cs><col>A cast of the eye</col>, <cd>a slight squint or strabismus.</cd> -- <col>Renal cast</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>microscopic bodies found in the urine of persons affected with disease of the kidneys; -- so called because they are formed of matter deposited in, and preserving the outline of, the renal tubes.</cd> -- <col>The last cast</col>, <cd>the last throw of the dice or last effort, on which every thing is ventured; the last chance.</cd></cs>

<h1>Castalian</h1> <Xpage=223>

<hw>Cas*ta"li*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Castalius</ets>]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Castanea</h1> <Xpage=223>