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单词 uncast
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uncastadj.

Forms: Also ScottishMiddle English vncastyne, 1500s vncastin.
Etymology: un- prefix1 2. Compare Swedish okastad.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈcast.
1. Not cast or thrown.
ΚΠ
c1480 (a1400) St. James Less 246 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 157 Þat stane one stane in-to þat towne suld nocht be lefit vncastyne done.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. xx. 209 Þe dartis war left vncastin on athir side.
a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Ci But sone an other sort stept in theyr stede. No stone vnthrown, nor yet no dart vncast.
1662 R. Venables Experienc'd Angler x. 100 The flie were better uncast, because it frights the fish.
2. Not founded or moulded by casting.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [adjective] > cast > not
uncast1604
1604 Rates Marchandizes sig. K1v Leade vncast the Fodder..viii.l...cast, the Fodder..ix.l.
3. Not reckoned (up) or calculated.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > state of being unprovable > [adjective] > uncertain in scope
uncertain1303
indeterminate1603
uncast1606
uncounted1783
uncalculated1884
uncomputed1885
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 159 Our small Art's-stock..is euen beggerd with th' vn-cast Expence.
1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman (ed. 2) I. Suppl. iii. 142 Other accounts are left open and uncast up.
4. Not disfigured by a squint.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc.
steepc1000
standing1340
glazenc1380
glassy1412
ungladlyc1450
sparklinga1500
goggle1540
pinking1566
whally1590
vailed1591
unweeping1598
dejected1600
unwet1601
glossed1602
haggard1605
saucer-like1612
saucer1618
glaring1622
uncast1629
startling1648
poppinga1696
upraised1707
glancy1733
glazed1735
almond1786
open-eyed1799
bald1807
glazing1808
lustreless1810
unfathomable1817
vague1820
soulless1824
beady1826
socketless1833
fishy1836
glazy1838
popped1849
agoggled1860
uprolled1864
unfaceted1893
shoe-button1895
poppy1899
googly1901
slitty1908
bead-berry1923
1629 J. Gaule Distractions 328 He sees well, and his eyes were uncast.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

uncastv.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix2, cast v.
Etymology: < un- prefix2 + cast v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈcast.
(un- prefix2 1a.)
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > casting of lots, sortilege > undo casting [verb (transitive)]
uncast1874
1874 Ld. Coleridge in Life (1904) II. 244 The die is cast: it cannot be uncast now.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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