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▪ I. outcasting, vbl. n.1|ˈaʊtˌkɑːstɪŋ, -æ-| [out- 9 (from cast out).] 1. The action of casting out; ejection, expulsion; vomiting; rendering outcast.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. xl. (Tollem. MS.), Also by oute castynge and strecchynge, and ouercastynge..of bemis, lyȝt bryngeþ forþe all þinges. c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 75 Outkastyng wasshis þe body, & clensis þe stomake of roten & euyl humours. 1535Coverdale Acts xxvii. 18 On the nexte daye they made an outcastinge. 1826E. Irving Babylon II. vii. 171 The outcasting and desolation of the Jews. †2. That which is thrown away; refuse; offal.
a1340Hampole Psalter xv[i]. 6 Thof thai seme laith and outkastynge til some..til me thai ere faire and bright. 1382Wyclif 1 Cor. iv. 13 The paringis, or out-castinge, of alle thingis. c1400Rule St. Benet (E.E.T.S.) 14 It es wrmis and na man, And ut-castyng o men. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 386 Worth nothing but to make refuse and outcastings of. †3. An offshoot. Obs.
1340Ayenb. 22 Þe vifte outkestinge of þilke stocke is scorn;..þe zixte kestinge out of the ilke boȝe is wyþstondinge. ▪ II. outcasting, vbl. n.2 see outcaste v. |