upcastingn.
The action or result of casting or throwing up, in various senses.
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1250–68 Cockersand Chartul. (Chetham Soc.) 899 Aliud latus prædictæ terræ jacet ad Houpcastinges terræ meæ.]
c1450 Mirk's Festial 172 But when he schuld dye, he myȝt not receue hit [sc. the sacrament] for vpcasting.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Upcasting, the rising of clouds above the horizon, especially as threatening rain.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 185 A black up-castin' [of clouds], with ane rim o' darkness.
1882 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 10 i. 11 Bare..rounded hills, with..yellow up-castings of soil indicating the retreats of rabbits.
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