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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uhp-kast, -kahst |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌpˌkæst, -ˌkɑst |
Definition of upcast
- As in raise : verb lift; build from the ground
- As in jack : verb raise
- One of the working galleries in connexion with the upcast and downcast.
- Extract from : « The Boy's Playbook of Science » by John Henry Pepper
- I see one of the cages is at bank, and the force of the explosion is in the upcast shaft.
- Extract from : « Facing Death » by G. A. Henty
- But there was not one of them whose eyes were not upcast at Zuleika.
- Extract from : « Zuleika Dobson » by Max Beerbohm
- I should require to know the temperature of the shafts respectively, and the height of the upcast shaft.
- Extract from : « Facing Death » by G. A. Henty
- The upcast reflection of a lamp and shade, an inconstant series of concentric circles of varying gradations of light and shadow.
- Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
- Caleb's gentle frown was the upcast of paternal bewilderment, partly prideful, partly disconcerting.
- Extract from : « The Quickening » by Francis Lynde
- The fire should be kept as thin and bright as possible, to reduce the amount of smoke in the upcast.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 » by Various
- As soon as this cry was upcast, to the hall came clerks out of Chaldea, witches and diviners, sorcerers and exorcists.
- Extract from : « Early English Alliterative Poems » by Various
- A dislocation is spoken of as a downthrow or an upcast, according to the direction in which it is approached.
- Extract from : « Geology » by James Geikie
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