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Synonyms for upcast


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uhp-kast, -kahst
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌpˌkæst, -ˌkɑst

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Définition of upcast

  • As in raise : verb lift; build from the ground
  • As in jack : verb raise
Example sentences :
  • 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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