to cast cross and pile: to toss up a coin as a way of casting lots. Obsolete.
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释义 | the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > make types of choice [verb (intransitive)] > choose or decide by lot > toss coin (4) to cast cross and pile1637 to cast cross and pile: to toss up a coin as a way of casting lots. Obsolete. to toss up1704 absol. To toss a coin or some object in the air to wager on which side it will fall, or to determine a question by this: see head, n.1 4b. toss1831 absol. = to toss up at phrasal verbs (Cf. toss, n.1 9.) flip1879 transitive. To put into motion with a flip or fillip, to ‘shoot’; to toss (a coin) with a flip. Also absol. to flip (up) (? U.S.): to toss up. |
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