off-castv.

Brit.

/ˌɒfˈkɑːst/,

/ˌɒfˈkast/, U.S.

/ˈˌɔfˈˌkæst/,

/ˈˌɑfˈˌkæst/

Forms: see off- prefix and cast v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, cast v.

Etymology: < off- prefix + cast v. Compare offcast n. and adj.

Chiefly poetic. Now rare.

transitive. To cast off (in various senses).In quot. c1400: to unleash (hawks or hounds) (cf. to cast off 5 at cast v. Phrasal verbs).

ΚΠ

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 1147 (MED) Couples huntes of kest.

c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls 132 Be glad, thow redere, and thy sorwe of-caste.

?1592 A. Willet Sacrorum Emblematum Centuria Vna ii. xlvii We ought not off cast all hope.

1716 T. Purney Pastorals after Theocritus iii. 17 How blea the Air doth bite!.. Tis keen and eager; small alas off-cast These Bushes..the Blast!

1876 J. R. Lowell Ode 4th July iv. i Bolder they who first off-cast Their moorings from the habitable Past And ventured chartless on the sea Of storm-engendering Liberty.

a1889 R. Browning Bad Dreams ii, in Poet. Wks. (1894) XVII. 20 Off-casting awe, Down-treading reserve, away Thrusting respect.

1920 J. Payne Way of Winepress 61 Most with a piteous parody of youth Think from their track to off-cast the unerring sleuth Hounds of the years.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	off-cast
释义	off-castv. Brit. /ˌɒfˈkɑːst/, /ˌɒfˈkast/, U.S. /ˈˌɔfˈˌkæst/, /ˈˌɑfˈˌkæst/ Forms: see off- prefix and cast v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, cast v. Etymology: < off- prefix + cast v. Compare offcast n. and adj. Chiefly poetic. Now rare. transitive. To cast off (in various senses).In quot. c1400: to unleash (hawks or hounds) (cf. to cast off 5 at cast v. Phrasal verbs). ΚΠ c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 1147 (MED) Couples huntes of kest. c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls 132 Be glad, thow redere, and thy sorwe of-caste. ?1592 A. Willet Sacrorum Emblematum Centuria Vna ii. xlvii We ought not off cast all hope. 1716 T. Purney Pastorals after Theocritus iii. 17 How blea the Air doth bite!.. Tis keen and eager; small alas off-cast These Bushes..the Blast! 1876 J. R. Lowell Ode 4th July iv. i Bolder they who first off-cast Their moorings from the habitable Past And ventured chartless on the sea Of storm-engendering Liberty. a1889 R. Browning Bad Dreams ii, in Poet. Wks. (1894) XVII. 20 Off-casting awe, Down-treading reserve, away Thrusting respect. 1920 J. Payne Way of Winepress 61 Most with a piteous parody of youth Think from their track to off-cast the unerring sleuth Hounds of the years. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1400
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